Comment: Thanks for clearing that up, Mark. It should also be pointed out that the 'fly pasts' in the U.K. are very similar to the fly pasts in the US, France, Germany etc... There is no intended threat to other nations involved. (Personally, I get tired of events being hijacked by the military.) In the U.K. at the moment the military pop up at anything which will afford them good publicity. 

Trump wanted tanks and nukes on display and his words certainly show that he wanted to send a threatening message to other nations. George Carlin called it 'penis waving'.