Happy Birthday, Mr President! Trump's children lead birthday wishes as Florida and Michigan throw MAGA parades to celebrate the POTUS turning 74
President Donald Trump's family has taken to social media to publicly wish him a happy 74th birthday following a parade of caravans and flotillas throughout his adopted home state of Florida.
Ivanka Trump, the leader's daughter with ex-wife Ivana Trump, shared a picture of her father holding her as a child and partially captioned the image posted Sunday: 'Love you!'
Her brother Eric shared four photographs under the caption: 'Happy Birthday Dad! We love you very much!'
Eric's wife - who like the president's children is one of his advisers - took to Instagram to wish her father-in-law a happy birthday.
Ivanka Trump shared a picture of her father holding her as a child and partially captioned the image posted Sunday: 'Love you!'
Eric Trump shared four images captioned: 'Happy Birthday Dad! We love you very much!'
Trump's boat parade in Jupiter, Florida took place on Sunday morning on the president's birthday
In Palm Beach County - home of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort - separate caravans of trucks, motorcycles and boats were riding along highways and the intercoastal waterway at various times in the morning.
The organizers were part of the president's Florida re-election effort.
The Palm Beach Post reports that an anti-Trump caravan also was riding through the county Sunday to protest racism and call for police reforms.
Pro-Trump flotillas also were planned for Fort Lauderdale, Miami, the Florida Keys, Tampa, Pensacola and Jacksonville - where Trump is slated to be renominated for a second term at the end of August.
In The Villages, a massive Republican-friendly retirement community northwest of Orlando where golf carts are the vehicles of choice for many residents, Trump supporters were holding a golf-cart parade in honor of the president.
Speaking to West Point graduates on Saturday, Trump said his birthday coincided with the 245th anniversary of the U.S. Army's founding.
The American leader's daughter with ex-wife Ivana Trump, also shared images of Trump with her daughter Arabella on Instagram
Ivanka Trump later acknowledged her father's 74th birthday also falling on 'flag day'
The president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump wished him a happy birthday on Instagram
As parades took place in Jupiter (pictured) organizers were part of the president's Florida re-election effort in Palm Beach
Trump supporters gather to watch a Make America Great Again boat parade at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Harrison Township, Michigan on Saturday
A family walks past boats of Trump supporters taking part in the MAGA boat parade to celebrate Trump's 74th birthday
Trump supporters gather before taking part in a MAGA boat parade in Michigan on Saturday
'Unrelated, going to be my birthday also,' Trump said. 'I don't know if that happened by accident. Did that happen by accident, please? But it´s a great day because of that Army birthday.'
As well as a subsequent birthday post on Instagram Sunday, Ivanka Trump followed up with a tweet acknowledging her father's shared birthday with 'flag day'.
However the weekend celebrations sparked backlash on social media after people suggested it was hypocritical to draw attention to Trump this June 14 considering the reaction to Black Lives Matter protests.
In retaliation to the affirmation which calls for an end to police brutality and systemic racism against African Americans, many people have retaliated 'All Lives Matter'.
Trump too has not expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and has refused to rename military bases that honor racist Confederate Generals.
On Sunday morning Star Trek actor George Takei tweeted: 'I'd say happy birthday to Donald on his special day, but after all, #AllBirthdaysMatter.'
Some social media users made fun of the All Lives Matter hashtag and insisted All Birthday Matter as others celebrated Trump's 74th
Other Twitter users chose to honor 44th President Barack Obama as the hashtag 'Best President Ever' was trending on Sunday
Numerous hashtags in honor of 44th President Obama were trending on Twitter, including #BestPresidentEver and #HappyBirthdayObama. Barack Obama's birthday is August 4.
June 14 was later declared Obama Day by internet users.
Many social media users instead honored the birthday month of Breonna Taylor, a black EMT who was shot multiple times by police as she slept in her Kentucky apartment.
The police burst into the wrong apartment while looking for an alleged drug dealer who was already in custody.
Protests have led to no-knock warrants being banned in Louisville. But the officers who killed her are yet to be arrested.
Sharing images of black children killed, including Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin and Aiyana Stanley-Jones, one Twitter user wrote: 'They should have had more birthdays.'
Another person tweeted the names of over 100 African Americans senselessly killed.
Many social media users instead honored the birthday month of Breonna Taylor, a black EMT who was shot multiple times by police as she slept in her Kentucky apartment.
Sharing images of black children killed, including Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin and Aiyana Stanley-Jones, one Twitter user wrote: 'They should have had more birthdays'
Another person tweeted the names of over 100 African Americans senselessly killed
Happy Birthday, Mr President! Trump's children lead birthday wishes as Florida and Michigan throw MAGA parades to celebrate the POTUS turning 74
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