Trump's UFC event on White House South Lawn
A multimillion-dollar UFC cage match is scheduled for the White House South Lawn on Sunday to mark Trump's 80th birthday.
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Trump's UFC Birthday Extravaganza on the White House Lawn
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Elving rounds out his segment with the weekend's strangest story: a new octagonal arena constructed near the site of the January 6, 2021 rally on the White House South Lawn, set to host a multimillion-dollar UFC event to mark Trump turning 80. [1] — Ron Elving "A multimillion-dollar UFC event is set for the White House South Lawn near the site of the January 6th rally. Ron Elving reads it as a deli…" 05:30 The subtext, Elving suggests, is transparency itself — the spectacle is designed to be big enough and loud enough to keep media focus on the party rather than on Trump's age and the political vulnerabilities it represents. As America's second octogenarian president, Trump faces questions that no UFC event can permanently suppress, but for one weekend, the strategy may work.
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