Trump slammed over plans for ‘white trash’ UFC showpiece at White House for America’s birthday
President Donald Trump is pulling out all of the stops to verify America’s 250th birthday is a celebration to recollect – however some individuals aren’t very impressed with one among his concepts.
The White House has promised {that a} ‘full 12 months of festivities’ will observe on from Independence Day in 2026, together with a UFC occasion which is ready to happen on the commander-in-chief’s entrance garden.
Trump mentioned there can be one thing for everybody to get pleasure from final month when he introduced that the federal government can be throwing ‘a grand celebration worthy of the momentous event’.
A process power has even been set as much as take cost of the occasion planning, who’re little doubt as much as their eyeballs whereas guaranteeing that every celebration is to Trump’s style.
Though you would possibly suppose the 250th anniversary of American Independence would convey the nation collectively, it seems that it has really left lots of people within the US divided.
Trump’s resolution to host a UFC combat on the White House has critically cut up opinion – as some have slammed it as a ‘shame’, whereas others reckon it may be ‘epic’.
Yesterday (12 August), the UFC’s president and CEO Dana White introduced the occasion is ‘undoubtedly going to occur’ on 4 July 2026.
“I talked to [Trump] final night time and I am flying on the market on the finish of this month,” he told CBS, whereas revealing that the President’s eldest daughter Ivanka can also be closely concerned within the prep.
“I’ll sit down and stroll him by the entire plans and the renderings, and we’ll begin deciding what he desires and what he does not need.
“However yeah, it is undoubtedly going to occur…July 4th, 250th birthday of the US of America, reside on CBS from the White House.”
Trump, White, and UFC followers may be buzzing for the brawl on the lawns of the White House, however not everyone seems to be…and a few even urged it was paying homage to fights to the dying between gladiators in historical Rome.
Taking to social media to share their ideas, one individual sarcastically mentioned: “Welcome to modern-day Rome. A brand new colosseum within the form of an octagon.”
One other wrote: “You might be turning the White House right into a circus.”
A 3rd added: “What classless individual would shame the White House like this?”
A fourth commented: “The thug within the White House brings new that means to the time period white trash.”
Whereas a fifth fumed: “This sums up Trump so completely. 250 years of the nation to have a good time, so he indicators a contract to placed on a cheesy, gaudy spectacle for HIS ego (and little doubt earns a giant reduce himself). Shameless.”
Then again, others mentioned they had been excitedly counting down the times to the UFC occasion on the White House, with one suggesting it might be an ‘superb spectacle’ to watch.
A second mentioned: “That is so superior,” whereas a 3rd chimed in saying: “UFC on the White House goes to be one for the historical past books!”
“This historic occasion will mix sports activities, patriotism, and fireworks like by no means earlier than,” a fourth added.
Individuals reckon Trump will pull some strings to get some star fighters concerned and a bunch of high-profile visitors, though it is anyones guess as to the place White House workers are going to cram an octagon-shaped cage.
Sharing his ideas on how the White House will host a UFC occasion which is often held in an enormous stadium, White told The Wall Road Journal: “My octagon is like 25,000 kilos.
“I don’t give a s*** if there’s just one seat at this factor. That is so monumental and historic and simply such a cool factor.
“All I care about is the octagon on the garden and the combat taking place with the backdrop being the White House and the Washington Monument.”
Trump beforehand described his concept for the UFC occasion as a ‘championship combat, full combat’ which as much as 25,000 spectators will attend.
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