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Theodore Roosevelt's White House boxing exhibitions cost taxpayers nothing and were not branding or corruption opportunities — the opposite of Trump's UFC fight on the South Lawn.
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Wagner raises the MAGA talking point that Teddy Roosevelt also fought at the White House, inviting Richardson to either validate or demolish the parallel. Richardson does both with relish: she first gives full context to TR's boxing — rooted in his anxiety about urban decay, masculine decline, and the rise of an underclass in the industrial era — before identifying two critical differences from Trump's UFC event. No taxpayer money financed Roosevelt's fights, and they were decidedly not a branding or corruption opportunity tied to pay-per-view deals and cryptocurrency sponsors. [1] — Heather Cox Richardson "Yes, Teddy Roosevelt boxed at the White House — but no taxpayer money was involved and it wasn't a branding opportunity for corrupt allies.…" 06:58 She then pivots to Lincoln — who came up through an even rougher frontier fighting tradition, including possible ear-biting — whose reputation as a brawler earned him the bipartisan backing that launched his political career.
Yes, Teddy Roosevelt boxed at the White House — but no taxpayer money was involved and it wasn't a branding opportunity for corrupt allies. Trump's UFC fight is almost the opposite: a pay-per-view profit center bankrolled by the public and wrapped in cryptocurrency sponsorship.
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