Tanks to roll through Washington as Trump hosts US military parade

Parade – ostensibly to mark US army’s 250th birthday – takes place as president turns 79 and comes amid large protestsThousands of troops accompanied by dozens of tanks and aircraft will stream through the National Mall in Washington DC for a military parade billed as celebrating the US army’s 250th birthday on Saturday – which also happens to be the day Donald Trump turns 79.The president has long desired to hold a military parade in the capital, and is finally get