‘Fantastic': Trump's military parade applauded
'I watched that parade and I thought the scenes were fantastic that we saw coming out of Washington,' Ms Rogers said.
'You could see that people standing along the side were all really proud to be there, all chanting pro-USA and the military themselves were all waving from the tanks to all the crowd.
'They're celebrating their army and their defence force, who go out and risk their lives every single day for their country and for their citizens.'
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