Critics are blasting President Donald Trump over a plan for the U.S. Army to hold a massive parade on June 14. That date is both the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and Trump’s birthday, and the parade is ostensibly for the military and not the president.

President Donald Trump’s anticipated military parade for his 79th birthday is shaping up to be a fully-fledged extravaganza involving more than 6,500 soldiers. Planning documents obtained by the Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.