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How #Trump Transformed the #WhiteHouse Lawn Into a Fighting Arena
…Back in late May…construction began on the towering, claw-like superstructure that now sits on the #SouthLawn, ready to stage #UFC bouts Sunday for Trump’s 80th birthday.
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#WhiteTrash #LikeSchoolOnSaturday #NoClass
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/14/us/politics/trump-white-house-claw-ufc-fight.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qFA._c5t.n4ukV1gW_GJp&smid=nytcore-ios-share
I, for one, am grateful that he didn't have Goya Foods reconstruct the Oval Office when he used the President's Desk to sell canned beans during his first term.
The spectacle is estimated to cost >$60 million, acc/to Mark Shapiro, who is the president of UGC’s parent company, TKO Group Holdings. (not coincidentally Trump purchased between $15,000 & $50,000 worth of stock in #TKO weeks ahead of the event that he has been promoting for months #InsiderTrading).
#Trump #WhiteHouse #SouthLawn #UFC #Grotesquerie #WhiteTrash #LikeSchoolOnSaturday #NoClass
@Nonilex
#UFC fans might be a loyal demographic, but they are not huge.
Ratings for televised UFC programing rarely (if ever) crack the Top 20 Most Watched shows.
Outside of the morbidly curious, the chances that tonight's #WhiteTrashAPalooza will be a ratings hit and recoup their expenditure are slim to none.
@Nonilex
#UFC fans might be a loyal demographic, but there are not huge.
Ratings for televised UFC programing rarely (if ever) crack the Top 20 Most Watched shows.
Outside of the morbidly curious, the chances that tonight's #WhiteTrashAPalooza will be a ratings hit and recoup their expenditure are slim to none.
@Nonilex
Does anyone know… is this the exact same “claw” from U2’s 2011 tour? It’s creeping me out.
@Nonilex it’s a double-wide White House now!
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