But with the event falling on June 14, President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday—and with his name, presence, and fingerprints woven throughout—the military spectacle has become one of the most controversial and polarizing public displays in the nation’s capital in years.

President Donald Trump isn’t letting anyone get in the way of his birthday celebration, warning protesters who plan to interrupt a massive military parade in DC on June 14 that they’ll be “met with very big force.