You can spin it anyway you want....in the end it looks like a dictators birthday party..I hope all here realize that inaugural security was planned and is being implemented by the outgoing administration; NG deployments are approved by the President. So, if the show of force is embarrassing to President Trump, it's a self-inflicted wound.
The flag display and other extra-governmental events are funded by private donations under pretty strict regulatory scrutiny. President Trump's inaugural committee is still under investigation for mis-use of funds, primarily related to paying exorbitant and above-market rates to the D.C. Trump Hotel.