Anti-Trump Washington Post columnist Max Boot admitted on Sunday that he loved the military parade in Washington, D.C, in spite of his reservations about the event.Boot wrote he was initially concerned that President Donald Trump would turn the parade held Saturday to honor the U.S. Armys 250th birthday into a "political pageant.""But my apprehension began to melt away as soon as the music started to play and the soldiers began to march. Dear reader, I hope you do not think I am going soft on Trump if I tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed the entire parade," Boot wrote.Boot said he loved watching soldiers marching in period uniforms and added that he was "thrilled" by the flyovers.MSNBC HOSTS HIGHLIGHT LACK OF DARK, MALEVOLENT ENERGY AT TRUMP MILITARY PARADE IN DCPrior to the parade, "The View" co-host Sara Haines said the event reminded her of Russia and North Korea."I think of Russia and North Korea and visuals of people saluting and doing things and thats just not what I think of when I think of the U.S.," she said on Friday.However, Boot described the celebration as "America's army on display.""This was not a menacing, goose-stepping parade a la Moscow or Pyongyang. It was Americas army on display, and I appreciated how many of the GIs were women or ethnic minorities a reminder of the limits of [Secretary of Defense Pete] Hegseths anti-DEI purges in a force that truly represents the entire country," Boot wrote.PROTESTERS EXPECTED TO CONVERGE ON DC, NEIGHBORING CITIES AHEAD OF TRUMP'S MILITARY PARADEThe anti-Trump columnist said one of the controversial parts of the parade included the "participation of [the] 70-ton M1 Abrams tank," as it could "recall unpleasant images from other countries of what happens when tanks enter the capital.""But I enjoyed seeing the smoke-belching monsters rattle down the street, and it was hard to see anything threatening about it when the crew members were smiling and waving at the spectators and, in some cases, making heart gestures with their hands," Boot said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREBoot said his enjoyment of the parade was likely due to the fact that he wasn't near where Trump sat and spoke."I was greatly relieved that Trump, in a rare amount of self-control, kept his remarks short and focused on the Army not, as is usually the case, on glorifying himself or bashing his political opponents," he wrote.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBoot also pointed to a Rolling Stone headline that read, "Trumps military birthday was a gross failure," adding, "I think thats right, but the flip side is that the Armys military parade was an absolute success."