WASHINGTON — Just when it looked like President Trump had been outmaneuvered on his order for a parade in the capital, he struck up the drumbeat again.

This time, the commander in chief suggested on Tuesday, might the Fourth of July be more conducive for a celebratory march?

After being stymied last year on his proposal for a military parade like one he saw while visiting Paris, Mr. Trump has now turned to the Interior Department to give him what the Pentagon would not. He even has a name for it.

“A ‘Salute to America’ parade,” the president said at a meeting of his cabinet at the White House. He called it more of “a gathering, as opposed to a parade, I guess you’d have to say.”