White House UFC Gala Highlights Billionaire-Driven Politics

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Salon argues the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House was less a patriotic celebration and more a privatized, corporate‑sponsored spectacle that used public space for billionaire interests, with millions in taxpayer spending on security and logistics, exclusive access for sponsors and donors, and Trump’s family monetizing the event through coins and private fundraisers, signaling a deepened alliance between the administration and corporate power.
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