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How Trump allies could profit from White House UFC fight

politicsJun 14, 202622723,361

President Donald Trump bought shares in Endeavor, the UFC's parent company, before announcing a White House event titled "UFC Freedom 250" on the South Lawn for his 80th birthday. He helped design branded medallions tied to the event and the White House is offering high-end packages that include a $1 million VIP option. Thousands of UFC fans traveled to Washington for the unusual fight night, which encountered weather delays. The combination of presidential investments, event merchandise, and exclusive ticketing on public grounds creates a direct financial benefit for Trump and his allies and raises conflict-of-interest concerns.

MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

The president’s social media company is sponsoring the UFC event at the White House. The league is owned by one of his friends, and the event will be streamed to paid subscribers on Paramount+, a company whose merger the president just approved this weekend.

251745d ago
Middlerage90

What’s more American than corruption??? 🤡

Nan ☮️23

Cancelled Paramount+ and would love to cancel this corrupt administration!

valdisronis.bsky.social22

Let all of that sink in. Grift, much?

uppergwladysblu.bsky.social17

The league is not just ‘owned by his friends’, Trump holds $50000 worth of stock in UFCs parent company TKO. www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦12

The Trump regime: Corruption all the way down, through and through.

abcdef 🕶️11

corruption for a child rapist racket.

Joe Bacon10

And it would be so appropriate for thunderstorms to rain on his parade!

grant2c.bsky.social9

All of this must be undone. UnDONed.

Gurl You In Danger💙9

Grift, grift, grift. Grift, payback, grift. Payola, grift, payback, grift. Payoffs, grift, enrichment.

jcs77.bsky.social8

I dropped my Paramount+ acct. for just these reasons.

Sharon5

American taxpayers are footing the bill for this but if you want to see it you have to use pay-per-view

abluefinch.bsky.social4

Typical grift at taxpayer expense

Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM)4

Boycott the shiznit out of it. And Paramount+ while you are at it.

Thomm534

Grift on top of grift. The most corrupt government ever. UGH.

ab4aoc.bsky.social4

How does the President have any authority over mergers?

Batty Fox4

If not dictator then why so dictator-shaped

PastaPete4

The single most demeaning event ever. America has become a cheap laughing stock, with its corruption, and that of its president, laid bare for the world to see.

steveboos.bsky.social4

The corruption stinks worse than Donald Trump does. Hoping for at least 70MPH winds tonight and lots of heavy rain and lightning.

MN Mame (she/her)3

The ANTI white trash Event is in New York Rise Up Sing Out Concert with Jane Fonda and Bette Middler tonight Watch Parties and View from Home links available riseupsingout.com

cozybooksonly.bsky.social3

Channel your rage into calling your state AG, esp if Dem, to stop the Paramount+ and WB merger. 5calls has script and direct contact to your AGs office. Then cancel your Paramount+ subscription. 5calls.org/issue/paramo...

Rick P3

yeah, nothing to see here, move along... sheesh

Feathered Stone3

Can’t wait to see the horrible Paramount ratings right on

blaircole57.bsky.social3

We wouldn’t want it any other way. Great night to read a banned book.

Phemmy93

Gladiators fight to the death at the WH colosseum in honor of the emperor's 80th birthday celebration.

meelah.bsky.social3

American's worship money and status above all else. They got the leader they deserve, a bloated self serving moron.

Nanners 🌻3

It’s so unbelievable to me we are just sitting back watching him become a trillionaire off of the backs of the American people 🤬. Meanwhile, we can’t afford gas or groceries. Why won’t the Republican Congress do anything to stop him??? 🤯

BT2

We will never get the corruption stink off of us. JFC. 🤬

Joanne in Boston2

Nothing to see here folks…nothing at all…

ProudSocialist⚛️💙🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦2

I canceled my Paramount+ about 2 years ago. I haven't had it since never going back.

Dizzygirl2

Magas say all presidents do this stuff. 🤷‍♀️

Katie2

We don't watch, we don't subscribe, we don't fan its flames, we starve it of oxygen!

David2

Just follow the corruption. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

Diane (Dee Dee) Kallal 🇨🇦2

Let me get this straight... The Freedom 250 event, on the White House South Lawn, is NOT free for Americans to watch? So far, I haven't seen the WH promote any events for the 250th Birth of American, just this farce of a brawl for King Donald's birthday.

stupidshouldhurt.bsky.social2

I hope the weather obliterates the event and the “ sponsor” loses bigly.

Lpeterp2

All as DIRTY and illegal as can be imagined, even in this Trump era.

beardeddadbod.bsky.social2

The swamp has officially been drained. 😬

PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦2

How convenient and what a boon to his personal bank account!🙄

upstateny.bsky.social2

Its all a giant grift and dismantling of democracy. I can't believe any of this is happening. Apparently, the Constitutional guardrails are miles and miles away.

Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

CNN’s Harry Enten: “The big problem with these UFC fights for Trump is that they reinforce the idea that he's out of touch with Americans. Just 16% say these fights are appropriate. Even just 31% of the GOP do. This comes as 60% of voters and 80% of independents say the White House is out of touch.”

264145d ago
Ariana Niko58

The weird part isn’t that some people enjoy UFC. The weird part is treating the White House like just another entertainment venue. Most Americans can tell the difference.

bloodhounder.bsky.social30

“Out of touch” is quaint

TheSurlyShirley 🐸🐸💙💙17

I don’t get the appeal of seeing people beat one another up. It’s gross - just like Trump.

gpyr56.bsky.social16

But do you REALLY need a poll to tell you this WH is out of touch with the American people??

Raffy14

Plus he is making money on the whole thing… he is invested in the parent company of UFC

Everybody Hates Trump13

Out of touch? He is a barely conscious drooling blob of goo.

ImnotApu12

I know...but Joe Biden was old... Enjoy your inflation trumpers, magas, and independents who voted for him..hate you all are taking the rest of us with you✌️🦋💙

ZiggyStardust12

‘Out of touch’ is such a nice thing to say though. How about, “Find a straight jacket, now!”

Jack Brand10

That's why I *LOVE* that he's doing the UFC thing. It can only harm Republicans. You can count the midterm voters who will say, "You know, I wasn't that keen on voting for my local Republican, but after Trump had that UFC fight, I'm all in"... on one hand.

Qortni9

No one cares about the stupid bounce house on the White House front lawn. We could be giving kids free school breakfasts and lunches with that money.

David8

The weather gods have spoken

Michael Corthell7

Tonight’s White House spectacle is not politics as usual, it is the logic of “bread and circuses” returning in modern form. This op-ed exposes how democracy drifts into performance, where governance is replaced by spectacle and citizens are reduced to an audience watching decline unfold.

Norman Strasburg, Ph.D.7

Get it all out while you can, @cnn.com. Soon you’ll have to report on how well Trump did at his last golf tournament, which he won at his own golf course, on how woke the Pope is, and on how unkind it was for slaves to recoil when whipped by their masters. Bari Weiss is comin’, y’all!

Charles Cooper 🇨🇦6

Your government certainly isn't "for the people".

LesnielBC 🇨🇦🇩🇰5

Locking two guys inside a cage to bludgeon each other to the point they’ll develop CTE is definitely a sign of an advanced, mature society. 🙄🙄🙄

CraftyMe255

This was billed as part of the nation’s 250 celebrations but it’s a pay to view event. Looks more like a profit making scheme using the backdrop of the People’s House and national monuments. Deplorable.

mammalea.bsky.social5

The big problem is that he doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks if they are not people who will help him make $$$.

carljungfranz.bsky.social4

Trump knows what America is. The mob. He will conjure rants for them & they will be distracted & will take away their freedom & still they will roar. Beating heart of U.S. is not the marble floor of the Senate; it is the sand of the Colosseum. He will give them death & they will love him for it."

FreedomGuardian4

Out of touch. More like looney tunes. They all know it but are afraid to say it and just laugh and go along.

Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC4

When I was young, I remember a president who had just successfully prosecuted a war in the Middle East got accused of being out of touch because he was impressed by a supermarket laser barcode scanner.

Boocow164

No ,Harry the big problem is Donald Trump shouldn't be allowed to do this period! He shouldn't be allowed to defile the White House in this manner at all. Donald Trump doesn't own the White House.

Arthricia4

God has the chance to do the funniest thing ever tonight with lightning…

gracklehtx.bsky.social3

The big problem with these fights is that they’re staging them on the fucking lawn of the White House.

Jean Paul Satire™3

Enten's out of touch with everything if he thinks he cares about the approval of voters. He intends to steal the next election.

spindoc627.bsky.social3

Out of touch unless of course the GRAND OLD PEDOPHILES are touching little children.

Holding Onto Hope3

I’m so so sick of the polls. They are meaningless when Republicans lie all the time.

Ron Dorland ©️🇺🇸🇺🇦3

Let's all pretend we're 13 year old girls and then the White House will want to be in touch. #NoKings #NoNeros

JohnN3

the real problem is that Sleepy Don and his enablers have turned the White House and the Executive branch of government into professional wrestling and a front for Trump crypto

D.G3

Waste of taxpayers money. Imagine the security bubble that had to be well planned out behind this event. President of UFC, doing a good job kissing Donald's behind. Out of touch isn't the words to describe this administration. Watching this event only racks in money for UFC Organization.

Dann3

Desecrating the WH and throwing a party for himself on his birthday as parents of children around the country lose SNAP benefits. What a horrible man.

patricia59.bsky.social3

Herr Schitzenpantz does not care. He’s grifting at the speed of light and staying out of jail. Mission accomplished.

whiteletter.bsky.social3

I don’t necessarily have a problem with the MMA fight, but couldn’t they at least wear a suit to the White House?

Kathy Sison2

Out of touch, he’s robbing us blind with all this shit.

BeeCard2

The White House is the new Big Top. 🎪🤡

Gail2

This is not news. Trump, everyone in his administration and a majority of Congress are out of fucking touch…HELLO!

hikercat.bsky.social2

I love how CNN is just putting it all out there before the merger between warner and paramount is inked.

Jane2

Out. Of. Touch. Is. An. Understatement.

Justin2

How doesn't give a shit...

smbpatch2

How much money will he make off of throwing himself a birthday party?

Comiczette, (Ms J.T. 😻 ) fam check ya vote cards plez🐰🐇🌴🔵🐇🌴🌴🔵🐰2

The inappropriateness of the "fight" is a giveaway, --there's something behind Trump INSISTING he have a " fight" on the lawn of White House. Eyes open please, America. #America #CapitolPolice

GermanVoice2

Every ancient Roman Dictator had his own GAMES.

Mary Hilton2

He has always been out of touch with ordinary people. Remember, he is the original Nepo baby. He was a millionaire the second he was born.

kenofseattle2

Trump threw a birthday party for himself and we're paying for the entertainment.

Sean Masterson2

Why it’s almost like he doesn’t actually work for MAGA at all. He takes his instructions from…someone else? The man who saved his ass when he was broke? Who he just lifted sanctions for? This one is so difficult to figure out. 🤔

Laura🗺️2

The big problem is that the venue makes the Whitehouse look like trash.

Snoo Cupcakes2

🤦🏽‍♀️ The only reason DJT The Orange Pedophile is doing the Presidency is for the indulgent lifestyle that he couldn’t possibly create for himself and has to steal to fund it. He gives a crap about No One. When is that reality going to sink in. He is using our tax dollars to fund his own fantasy life.

Andrew Weinstein
@andrewjweinstein.com

Turning the White House South Lawn into a UFC venue is a historic low for presidential decorum, but watching the whole spectacle get derailed by a biblical combination of 100+ degree humidity, apocalyptic thunderstorms, and massive swarms of bugs would definitely be poetic justice.

249745d ago
Comfortably Numb59

Trump is set to do his 90-minute Nazi rally speech in these conditions. This might be it.

NoazDad37

One well-placed lightning bolt is all we’re asking for.

Andy Hall31

". . . watching the whole spectacle get derailed by a biblical combination of 100+ degree humidity, apocalyptic thunderstorms, and massive swarms of bugs would definitely be poetic justice." Pharaonic justice, even.

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye23

When does the rain of frogs start?

ArchWonk20

God is clearly angry at someone.

AyJay16

If it’s followed by a plague of locusts and a flood, I will become a true believer and go back to church.

Rudely Van Gelder16

Just picturing a pile of dead mosquitos on the floor around Trump after they get a nip of whatever performance-enhancing embalming fluid they’re pumping into his veins.

reneedodson.bsky.social14

High winds could whip the tarps off of the Kennedy Center

Kavita9

I saw something recently where the UFC fighters were talking about how much he hates bugs & generally freaking out about the venue. I wish everyone including the audience a very uncomfortable event.

Zookie 🍁 🪉kindness costs nothing9

Let’s all hope for wind, rain and heat.

Eponine S de R8

C’mon Zeus baby don’t let me down

ToWhom ItMayConcern8

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! (And she has every right to be PISSED!) youtu.be/ijVijP-CDVI?...

Fiat justitia, Ruat caelum7

I lived there. 60% typically means none. Don’t mean to rain in anyone’s parade. Focus on No Kings protest. The forecast right now is no rain until 9:00 pm. What’s going on at No Kings.

tlrgosu.bsky.social7

Very true Andrew- maybe we could call the weather system- the Stormy Daniels

frontbottom.bsky.social7

what is the locust forecast?

trueblueyounme.bsky.social6

And where will they put all the people if there are nearby lightning strikes? Just leave them out there because “that’s life”?

David M. Reiss, M.D.6

Let’s hear it for the locusts!

Tom Holzknecht #VanNafo6

Nature is against Trump, for good reasons.

BeaglesResist❌👑Release the trump-epstein files6

If the damn thing gets canceled on account of Mother Nature I swear to Dog I will go full Pagan.

Massa5

Let’s root for: “a single lightning strike within eight miles will trigger an automatic 30-minute freeze on the entire event.”

Just Dee5

Laughing so hard at this.

Joe Gannon4

Latest from NWS 'area forecast discussion" (AFD) "For the DC/Baltimore metros, the highest coverage of storms is expected to occur in the 5-10 PM window, although a stray storm can`t be completely ruled out before..." They should cancel the event now. Amazed if UFC insurance doesn't insist.

kennethgray.bsky.social4

I was gonna say lightning never strikes twice. But it’s Trump, so…

The wrong Alice4

Accding to weather channel, 2pm conditions in dc are: cloudy, 90 degrees w 15% chance of showers. Really couldnt ask for better, in June, in DC. Sorry.

carljungfranz.bsky.social3

Trump knows what America is. The mob. He will conjure rants for them & they will be distracted & will take away their freedom & still they will roar. Beating heart of U.S. is not the marble floor of the Senate; it is the sand of the Colosseum. He will give them death & they will love him for it."

lemlion.bsky.social2

Couldn’t happen to a more disgusting felon. Go Mother Nature.

Woke2

Wow it’s like the 10 plagues God sent to Pharoah when Moses asked him to free the slaves…. Only all at once. If I were the first born son, Trump Jr., I’d be on my knees in prayer today. 😂🤣😂

Luigi "The Adjuster" Mangione2

you love to see it, especially in the summer

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

McMorrow on the UFC fight at the White House: "More and more Michiganders are struggling because of the decisions of this president, and he's throwing himself a birthday party. It just rings 'let them eat cake.'"

195144d ago
Chris⚖️Justice
@chrisjustice01.bsky.social

⚖️✊ Protesters with paper mache Trump admin officials chant “Whose lawn!? Our lawn!” outside of the White House, where a UFC fight is set to take place on the lawn this evening. @FordFischer

121344d ago
🌸Juls🌸⚖️12

Whoever made those heads did a great job.

fminfl.bsky.social3

Meanwhile networks like @cnn.com are reporting on it like it's a moon landing. Sarah Sidner is giving her best "It's awesome!" takes, hoping tRump hears her and grants her a future interview. Meanwhile we know something like 80% of the country is disgusted. Sad.

jbshakerman.bsky.social3

Perhaps the White House’s South Lawn becoming a trash sports extravaganza on the same day the US capitulated to Iran was too much excitement for Mitch McConnell and that’s why he’s in the hospital.

greenstraw2026.bsky.social2

Map Shows Trump’s Approval Rating in Every State on His Birthday - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/map-donald-t...

Mark Zohar2

That Stephen Miller papier mâché head is sending me.

habsfan1954.bsky.social2

Curious Canadian here: has any President ever held a pay-for-entry event at the White House? (Let alone one for which he is one of the direct financial beneficiaries.)

Karma's Dad2

Wouldn't it be funny if the people of DC liberated the White House from the criminal gang occupying it on his birthday?

macd123.bsky.social2

The whole place is a disaster area - NOW!

TheresaKL2

Trump’s weak, world leaders use mercilessly. America’s strength/power diminished. Epstein files comprise thousands books/millions docs, originate decades ago. • WHO’s really in control of govt? • WHY did FBI/CIA/DOJ allow enterprise/Trump/Epstein to cont? • WHY🟠allowed to ascend to pres once, 2x?

HopeFlowers2

We need to get more people and energy there!!!! What can I do to help? I’m in NY….

Greg Hill2

glad to see at least some People in USA are protesting today

Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Trump's UFC birthday party begins at 8pm tonight. Beneath this metal structure. In this weather.

Trump's UFC White House arena.
103745d ago
Adam Schwarz298

A reminder of how his last birthday party went. bsky.app/profile/adam...

Geordie Kakamora60

God has the chance to do something really funny.

Comfortably Numb43

And bugs. Swarms of bugs.

Rémy Martí24

Someone should give him a kite.

franko25.bsky.social17

Oh I hope this beats last years pathetic celebration in misery and embarrassment for trump.

Donovan Schaefer17

Zeus has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

Deb Bakes16

Come on metal structure, help us out. Cholesterol and dementia will be green with envy.

John Manning14

“Act of God” – sorry Mrs Trump, we can’t pay out on this policy.

Armored Chocobo12

I will feel bad for absolutely nobody there.

Roxanna Kline 🇺🇸 💜 🇺🇸11

I hope it will be nonstop thunderstorms all night long‼️ ⛈️ ☔️

Winston Smith 🇪🇺🍉🟥🍋🤦🏻‍♂️🐆🌮11

Good thing they don’t believe in science. 🍿 🍿 🍿

jbock1015.bsky.social9

It's like the perfect lighting target! Would hate to be one of those UFC guys 😬

Brian From 🇨🇦 🍁8

Hope he stares up at a bolt of lightning with the wonder of a child looking at an eclipse

Callum 🇺🇦🇺🇦7

The atmosphere will be electric.

Melanie Wildman 🇨🇦6

This is all so crazy

Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋5

Happy to keep everyone up to date as we live here Currently 91 & humid

Sherry5

Mother Nature sending thunderstorm to Washington DC for the 8PM UFC Game Thunderstorms to start at 8PM 99%

Paul Dux5

I would subscribe to this freak-show just to watch lightning strike.

Karina Coombs5

Ah the sound of summer.

Dinan3

Let it be oh let it be 🎶⛈️

madisonsgigi.bsky.social3

Boy I hope it's a lightening storm like none we've ever seen!!!!!

Jason Cross3

Katrina: *happens* GOP: It's the ALMIGHTY GOD punishing them LIBURALS for their SIN and WICKEDNESS! Huge storm at disgusting White House event: *happens* GOP: Look! God is cheering for his chosen one!

Anna B.3

Could something have a hand in the weather, lol! A lesson for the lying piece of crap?

Horselaugh2

Mere words can't convey how very disappointed I am that...Trump himself won't be in the arena as a fighter, considering the glowing reports on his health issued by the White House.

1bigdog.bsky.social2

What could be better than sitting under a metal arch with lightning expected?

Dave S2

A bolt from the blue Came down with a thump And lit the hair-do Of old Donald Trump

God
@thegodshow.com

The only way to watch the UFC fight at the White House (even for live streaming mockery purposes) is to have Paramount plus, which is owned by MAGA billionaires the Ellisons, who destroyed CBS News and soon CNN. Their corruption is all so out in the open and obvious.

85245d ago
MerryGhouled28

I’d rather clean out a horse stall with a tablespoon than give that bag of bile and his wife beating buddy my viewership rating. Foooooook ‘em all, hard. Hope lightening strikes galore.

Dark-Chocolate21

I will not be watching no matter who airs this violent bloodsport.

wallflower0987.bsky.social18

I wouldn't watch that mess if it were happening 3 feet in front of me.

Melissa NicWitch of Clan Witch13

I'll be busy doing a vigorous thunderstorm dance aimed at the DC area anyway. I won't have time to watch.

The Rest of Us Party11

UFC is a fully MAGA product now and should be treated as such.

Money Is Fake10

HaTe WaTcHiNg is still watching. Either admit you’re watching because you want to or don’t watch and do anything else. But if you watch “ironically”, you’re still watching. At least respect yourself enough to be honest about it.

@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social9

I canceled my Paramount. Thank Goodness.

traceyg.bsky.social8

Everyone should be boycotting it anyway!

Lisa S - Ivan and Lucy8

Unfortunately, we will not get out of this until we quit funding billionaires. Are we brave enough to cancel Amazon Prime? Do we have the convictions to delete Instagram? The courage to unsubscribe to Disney+? Until people decide to reject platforms that fund these monsters, NOTHING will change.

Unity In Defiance7

Why oh why can’t he be dead yet?!?! God please give that blood clot a little push! PLEASE!

Oh, Zarks!7

Only way I’m gonna watch that shite:

duhAsswipe7

I have no interest in this bs EXCEPT IF ITS POURING RAIN LIGHTENING & WIND

Canuck6

I guess no one will watch. But what did Paramount pay Trump for the streaming rights? This is all a grift.

Sunset Cove5

WHY WOULD ANY AMERICAN WANT TO WATCH THIS SHIT SHOW????? WHY?

NeuroFellaMD 🥺 📚⚖️🗽5

Too bad we all cancelled our subscriptions

LisaTheLiberal 🦋5

How is that thunder and lightning I prayed for coming along? ⛈️⛈️⛈️

DJ🍃4

Why would any rational being want to watch that disgraceful mess?

Shirley Jennings 🇨🇦 📎4

Even if it took place on my front lawn I wouldn’t be watching.

janehasopinions.bsky.social4

Or as an alternative, watch Enemy of the State, Independence Day, or any of the hundreds of far more entertaining shows.

Half-ass Matt3

I wouldn't watch it if they paid me.

The Hermit Queen3

It's the people's house and almost nobody is in favor of this blatant display of open corruption. They should be paying us for the mess they're making.

Neil3

I’d rather stick needles in my eyes than watch that scum. 🪡

JD Willhite3

Unlike You, I have no interest in watching this gross and primitive spectacle either now or in re-runs. I realize that,for reasons of omnipotence, You have to be there, but dude, I just can't. Mortals have a gag reflex.

Edward Goldstick3

... and if I am not mistaken, Trump gets a piece of the action! www.facebook.com/jeffmerkley/... Thank you, @merkley.senate.gov I'm going to watch the World Cup or perhaps this documentary: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/flag... h/t @nellminow.bsky.social

Oregoncowgirl3

Then people need to boycott it even harder. I cancelled my subscription and removed the app off everything I watch on. Hope others have and will follow suit.

Melissa NicWitch of Clan Witch3

So, we can focus on watching a good movie or reading a good book or partying with good friends, and we don't even have to think about the UFC fight. Excellent outcome.

🌮 Old Salt3

I dropped my Paramount+ subscription and stopped watching all CBS News products when they went MAGA. Make them pay for their corruption!

luckyburch.bsky.social3

Oh damn I won't be able to watch. I already have plans to clean the litter box.

6 deep3

instead of watching UFC fight im burning the U.S. flag

💙Joani in the sky with cubic zirconia 💙2

I have no desire to watch amateurish gladiators engage in classless blood sport nor do I have Paramount Plus on this #ObamaAppreciationDay

Laura2

It's for all Americans. *With a Paramount subscription. 🙄

kikime2.bsky.social2

Good thing I don't want to watch it. Ever. If they paid me.

Judy D2

I have laundry to do

Acy2

I canceled Paramount+ a year ago. But I wouldn’t watch it on any channel…only if there’s a lightning bolt ⚡️ 😎 The only way I would ever watch is if they chain me to a chair and pry my eyes open 👀🤬 #FDT and fuck the #UFC

Dan2

On the upside I refuse to pay for premium content. I could pay, but I hate them with every fiber of my being. Someone will be posting the most embarrassing moments within a week, like the drunken "fighter" puking down his chest.

Jon Hutson
@jonhutson.bsky.social

🧵 The South Lawn Grifting & Gladiators Spectacle vs. Reality 1/4 🚨 A new Reuters/Ipsos Poll shows Trump’s base is pushing back on the White House UFC event. Roughly 60% to 70% of Republicans view it as inappropriate or completely out of touch w/ everyday Americans. share.google/M8X7JdQhwEn1...

44144d ago
Jon Hutson84

2/4 💸 Critics in his own base & independents point to a massive contradiction. The admin is hosting a $60M elite sporting spectacle while families grapple w/ a 3-month-old war of choice w/ Iran, crushing inflation, & spiked gas & grocery prices. share.google/ZkmppPNyA72E...

Zerene9

Isn’t this ironic! Not just a thunderstorm watch, but. SEVERE Thunderstorm watch…

Jason8

Guys, boycott the UFC. Don't watch any of these fights. Turn your TVs off and goto bsky.app instead

Josephine Imperato6

A bloody, violent cage fight does not inspire patriotism.

spacecadetty🇨🇦6

When the 30mph winds actually blow the "claw" down, how will they blame it on Obama or Biden?🤔🍻🇨🇦

hibubbe.bsky.social4

It's bread and circus but for themselves, not the people... in trumps Rome, gladiator tickets are 8000 drachmas. No goat on a stick, taking your kid to his first disemboweling... blood sport for only the wealthy & famous.

JanemNow4

Out of touch? Worse than that, trump couldn’t care less about his fellow Americans he was elected to lead. It’s only about him & how he can personally benefit. Always has been, is now, & always will be.

Denali FOREVER 🎨🖌🐈‍⬛4

C'mon big guy. Do your stuff.

badspine23.bsky.social4

I’m singing in the rain just singing in the rain what a glorious feeling struck by lightning again

PD Star3

Does that mean Republicans will finally vote for their own best interests?

Doc Sarvis3

How many MAGA understand that he is in part staging it to profit, but that there is also the idea behind this particular circus that this is what his base finds entertaining and would live their emperor for providing?

Blue Horizon3

President P.T. Barnum turned our White House in into the White Trash House circus filled with corporate sponsors logos and gladiators!

jethrosomes.bsky.social2

The corollary is that 30-40% support it. These are the ones who must be led to understand what their taxpayer dollars are buying for Trump's personal use - but NOT UNTIL AFTER they are massively defeated in our upcoming elections. GET.OUT.THE.VOTE. mobilize.us

Bill Walter2

Wow - even less than the 1/3 of people who naturally follow fascists. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚
@bluesnowflake.bsky.social

Get your merch at the UFC White House celebration before they run out!

39645d ago
snarkyarky01.bsky.social11

People who are okay with pedophiles are probably pedophiles themselves…just saying.

🌸Juls🌸⚖️11

These dumb mfrs have no brain!

Mark7

That says it all doesn’t it

Orange Bird 🍊7

He is a pedophile too; that’s why he doesn’t care

dragonlady1011.bsky.social6

😡😡😡 I prefer to wear my Trump is a piece of shit T-shirt or my dog is smarter than the president T-shirt

Curious Robin5

Must feel weird to work on the Chinese production line making these

CoachKK5

Hope the don’t sell out of Condoms for the Cult!

Kasper aka some dumb Dane.4

Could you imagine being immortalized online and THIS is the photo? Gaw’damn im glad thats not my gramps

Michelle Flack4

Will NOT repost this. Disgusting human wearing a disgusting truth. I am sickened that this is a fellow citizen,

MH3

Found a blog with a fun map of Trump's celebration to come. I'm picturing a MAGA-rich experience ... elonica.net/washingtrump...

Alfred Hanan3

Fuck that guy and double fuck the sick fuck that printed it.

Michael Corthell3

“The task is not to destroy the darkness, but to illuminate it. What we resist persists. What we face transforms. The shadow only holds power until we name it, bless it, and reintegrate it into the whole.” michaelcorthell.substack.com/p/the-necess...

Putin, the Funking Barsteward3

'Because I am one too.' Photo inadvertently cropped to not show the rest of the slogan.

Evo Daily3

When someone walks around advertising that they are a POS, they are in fact a POS. No wonder child abuse is so rampant in red states.

Screaming Pika3

But only because your wife won’t let you be one.

#BLM/#NMP/#ANTIFA🇲🇽3

Tell me you are a pedophile without telling me you are a pedophile-that vibe has a face now

Merritt kelly2

Is that a real t-shirt? Is the photo real? Because if it is, my God why don't you care?

wearetheenemy.bsky.social2

Is that for real or AI?!

📎This🤔orThat🙄🖇2

Wow and the guys face looks exactly like the shirt

Vesna2

Keep your kids away from this guy!!! 🤯😠😠

theMamiyaMan. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇺2

Grandfather of the year, folks!

Kevin Kelly2

The Donvict commits crimes in his sleep..

William’s Incredible Dream2

No doubt in my mind, Gramps! 😎

Sabai2

Might want to share his face everywhere, bc if he says something as egregious as that...he's probably one of them.

DORTIE2

Happy UFC Obama appreciation day🥰https://coffeeroastz.com/products/obama-undefeated?variant=52274781094171

Dr. Dr. KM James2

They cut the “because my granddaughter is cute” line off the shirt.

Frenchy's Prospecting2

Seriously I hope that's AI. If not that's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen on a t-shirt and I'm not offended by much

KChevy 🇨🇦🌈🌿🌎2

He don’t care because he’s one too

mi2

2016. After grab them by the pussy. Never say it’s not a cult. Or that it’s not “Christian” Nationalism

Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social

The UFC fight hasn’t even started yet, and the official White House Twitter account just posted the most complete, surreal proof of the total 4chan-weeb takeover of federal power that I’ve ever seen, or likely ever will see:

38245d ago
Faine Greenwood386

I was among the people who took GamerGate deadly seriously over a decade ago (thanks to growing up in the 2000s reading Something Awful and 4chan regularly) - and yet, somehow, I feel like I didn’t take it seriously it enough?

Gwen Snyder is uncivil118

What did I just watch on an official federal communications account

Samantha Ferreira is Planning AH Mag #266

You know what's great? Spending your entire career building the idea that anime, as a medium, is something everyone can enjoy - that it's not something aimed at weird gooner Nazis, but rather a diverse community of fans ... Only for the weird gooner Nazis to pull shit like this EVERY. FUCKING. DAY.

Erin E. Worrel46

A couple of weeks ago on here there was the best comment about this era that was something like - "We elected 4chan to the WH and we will never recover our dignity" and yep, that's it. Great job everyone.

Kevin Reuning39

A lot of people talk about Gen Z takeover but the use of some very old memes makes me want to blame my generation. Or at least some dude who has had their brain cooked online for 25 years

🫧 Tyranny Sparkles 🫧21

that felt like a 2007 tried to make a 1980’s Saturday morning cartoon ad

Soyweiser20

I'm not up to date on all the references, but what strikes me from what I do know. All the non AI generated references are old. I mean 'over 9000' is 20 years old now. Not even a 67 or a skibidi toilet. They have lost the sauce.

Tamara Keel16

I just tried to give my computer monitor a wedgie out of sheer spinal reflex.

Asher Langton15

Looks like even his former sycophants on X have turned on Trump. Well, except for this guy.

Emi La Fae13

Wild to start with a One Piece quote, end with a Persona 5 finisher, and think "Yeah we're the good guys in those stories" Not that they put any thought into it to begin with

hannah | חנה12

watching this video aged me

Sean11

"Is this the golden age" over the meme about how the guy has no idea what he's talking about is a bit too much for me.

Various Threnodies5

I’m glad to see they’ve continued to showcase their complete media illiteracy by prominently featuring Persona 5, the game about a bunch of socially oppressed misfits taking down a corrupt Prime Minister

Lisa Rokusek4

Makes me ill. Surreal. And yes GamerGate feels right.

Swolesome is tired 🍉🏳️‍⚧️4

Absolutely bizarre to think about the fact that this shit is going to be viewed as part of history and social science lessons on fascism, White nationalism, and plutocracy.

WhiteUnderbabiedAmericanCat2

did nine-year olds make this?

fierce advocate, msw, lcsw2

What is that bit in the oval where he actually has a jawline? Who touched up that piece?

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