From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:
The problem Trump has is that the American public doesn’t want his military parade (see chart below). Majorities of all voters, both genders, all ages, and all races/ethnicities all are opposed to the parade. They don’t want to copy tyrants like Kim Jong-Un, and think such a parade doesn’t display strength (but weakness). Everyone knows the U.S. has the strongest military in the world, and showing it off in a parade doesn’t enhance that view.
Trump doesn’t care what Americans want though. He has ordered his military to have one anyway. But to disguise his narcissistic desire, he has set the date for the parade as November 11th — Veterans Day. He will try to pass of his vulgar display of narcissistic power as a tribute to veterans.