White House UFC event will cost $60M and involve seven federal agencies
President Donald Trump will host UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn on June 14, coinciding with his 80th birthday and the United States' 250th anniversary. Organizers plan to install an octagon on the South Lawn, and officials put the operation’s federal cost at roughly $60 million while coordinating work across seven agencies including the Secret Service. Several A-list entertainers have declined invitations and a last-minute lawsuit seeks to block the outdoor fight night, narrowing the guest list toward family and political allies. The event hands a private, for-profit promotion control over press access and uses taxpayer-funded security and logistics, raising questions about precedent for commercial spectacles on presidential grounds.
JUST FILED: Trump's five-alarm political fire Pivotal day for lawsuit to halt UFC event at White House Boost for Dems in Iowa Senate race Lots of enterprise reporting here: open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
MJ Howson11If Obama had built that nightmare UFC arena, let alone bulldozed the East Wing, the GOP and Faux News would be having a meltdown. So tired of the endless double standards across the parties.
amaruq909ca🍁4Oh please cancel the UFC event! I want to see DT explode!
DEI is our Superpower4Delicious. He has defiled our 250th birthday. His voters defiled democracy
In reply brief, Public Integrity Project attys say UFC White House cage-fighting event is a “volcano of corruption” that will “mark an inflection point in American history.” POTUS’s “allies at the UFC will profit from the first private, for-profit sporting event ever held on WH grounds.” 1/3
Roger Parloff74Project attys deny any delay in bringing their suit to block the event; say govt “concealed the true nature of the event for months" until 6/4. They sued 2 days later. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 2/3
caper55.bsky.social5The most disgusting display of greed and avarice!
Talos_XLIV3You're up quite late Mr. Parloff. What gives?
Sweetiesue1111 3AND paid for by taxpayers.
Scenes from the UFC cage outside of the White House taken today:
The Smut Of The Americas31I don't think I've prayed for a week of rain before.
Sanho Tree21How the rest of the world sees it:
Neil15The majesty. The grandeur. How long until the White House is hosting dog fights.
Ben 11I thought Bud Light was “woke”? Bud Light’s not “woke” anymore? Who can keep track of all this??
Jake10Ahhh yes, Bud Light. The pride of Belgium.
sammcb25.bsky.social9Ah, yes. The downfall and trailer trashing of America. Sponsored by Bud Light.
Holly Glightly 🧿🌌8Gladiator match presided over by Caesar
David Leigh Roth6Fingers crossed for a tornado
Mic5What's the over/under on him saying it would cost too much to dismantle it, and so it should just stay and can be used for other events?
Diana❌👑📎5Utter debasement of the people's house. 🥺 A perfect metaphor for Trump regime: crass, wasteful, grifting abomination.
FL Panhandler5I thought Bud Light was eschewed by the MMA/MAGA crowd.
Stay trippy little hippie🥥🌴5The trailer park moved in
Helioscrivener4The obligatory bearded bro taking a selfie in front of it
Slacks4Bud light. The bottom dumpster water of beers.
IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy4I am still surprised he hasn't started a shopping channel from the Oval Office yet.
janetjoiner.bsky.social4put trump in a cage.
Drops of RM Brown 🇺🇸🇦🇸🇼🇸3Hopefully one day Trump will be behind a locked cage. They should keep that cage on the White House lawn.
Ebenezer Foxnews3George Washington would be so proud.
J360 million bill to the U.S. taxpayer
Cas3Bud light??? After the entire situation about MAGA freaking out that a trans woman got a customized can from them? And they were freaking out in stores and destroying them? Huh???
EZGames692Eye roll at the Stake ads
Terrance Szar2Defines the utter white nationalist trash that is MAGA perfectly.
katie ☁️ + soupcrave 🐈⬛️ [KESHA IN 32]2they really built a gladiator pit. where's his throne
hexnology.bsky.social2America has always been a shitshow since the colonizers showed up...now there's just a stage for it.
