The White House wanted the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary to go off with a real bang to placate Donald Trump.

They wanted the Navy to use live bombs at the celebration that Trump and wife Melania attended, rather than traditional dummy explosives, a new report alleges.

One person with knowledge of the planning for the Navy event told AP that Trump “needed to see explosions” instead of just a “big splash.”

The Oct. 5 event in Norfolk, dubbed Titans of the Sea Presidential Review, was planned to be as impressive as possible to make up for the underwhelming parade that marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that doubled as Trump’s own 79th birthday party in June.

The Army event in D.C. on June 14 was overshadowed by No Kings protests that took place across the country, which drew 5

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