President Donald Trump threatened to use force against those who protest the military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the Army on Saturday, June 14.

Will protests in Los Angeles set the stage for what could be more clashes Saturday as activists in hundreds of cities nationwide, including metro Detroit, organize?

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to forcibly put down any protests that spoil the military parade he has ordered up for his birthday on Saturday to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army’s founding during the American Revolutionary War.

The Army birthday celebration had already been planned for months. But earlier this spring, Trump announced his intention to transform the event — which coincides with his 79th birthday — into a massive military parade complete with 60-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks and Paladin self-propelled howitzers rolling through the city streets.

This weekend's military parade is expected to close a portion of GW Parkway, the Arlington Memorial Bridge and part of the Mount Vernon Trail. However, none of the extensive festivities in honor of the 250th anniversary of the U.

Nationwide protests have erupted in response to immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles, prompting President Trump's mobilization of National Guard troops. Demonstrations have spread to cities like Austin,

President Donald Trump and his administration officials warned that the use of the military in response to protests against his immigration crackdown may not be limited to just Los Angeles, saying it could be the first "of many" -- and that protesters could be met with "equal or greater force.