Trump Hosts UFC Freedom 250 on White House South Lawn
The seven-fight card is expected to draw more than 100,000 fans at the nearby Ellipse and has drawn a lawsuit from a watchdog group.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump will host a UFC fight on the White House lawn to celebrate his 80th birthday and America's 250th anniversary, organized by Freedom 250.
- Crews have installed a 92-foot-tall Claw above the octagon-shaped stage, with the UFC committing $60 million to the unprecedented production.
- While the UFC covers production costs, federal agencies have 'allocated significant resources and manpower,' and a federal lawsuit accused the administration of granting the UFC 'unfettered access' to turn public landmarks into billboards.
- Comedian Bill Maher labeled the president a 'redneck' for hosting 'gladiator games,' while CNN guest Loren Piretra compared the spectacle to a 'Pride Parade' with 'shirtless men lubricated in a cage.'
- Maher also questioned Trump's repeated claims of an imminent Iran peace deal, noting the president has mentioned it 38 times as the celebration unfolds.
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Trump hosts White House cage fights to mark 80th birthday
The US president is set to watch seven fights with an audience of 4,000 people inside a specially built arena on the White House lawn. Critics say the unprecendented spectacle is in poor taste amid the ongoing Iran war.
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Donald Trump turns 80 and celebrates with UFC cage fighting on the White House lawn
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump turned 80 on Sunday and was set to celebrate with one of the more surreal spectacles both in sports and even in the nation's
UFC comes to the White House for Trump's 80th birthday
President Donald Trump celebrates turning 80 on Sunday with a showstopping birthday spectacle that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the South Lawn of the White House.Trump still faces many other issues at home and abroad, including an unpopular war in Iran that he helped start.
Donald Trump celebrates his "80's" tonight with cage fights in front of the White House. Buddy Dana White is allowed to take off a show with his "Freedom 250" gala, based on 250 years of US independence. Austria's MMA pioneer Gerhard Ettl knows how the UFC boss ticks – and whether Cagefights will soon rise in front of the Hofburg.
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