White House Goes Full Circus as Trump Bets on UFC Birthday Bash
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Trump is turning the White House into a major event venue for a June 14 UFC Freedom 250 birthday celebration, with cranes assembling a massive arch and a $400 million ballroom makeover underway, while UFC costs reportedly exceed $60 million. The spectacle, intended to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary and the president’s 80th, has critics arguing it’s a tacky, costly distraction and an eyesore amid ongoing renovations.
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- Trump’s Tackiest White House Change Yet Spotted Ahead of Birthday Bash UFC Event The Daily Beast
- UFC releases renderings for White House fight, Freedom250 Fan Fest FOX 5 DC
- UFC Freedom 250 contruction starts at White House South Lawn USA Today
- Dana White Thinks Everyone Is a Fighter—Especially Donald Trump The New Yorker
- UFC Freedom 250: Fight card, odds, date and latest renderings for historic event at the White House CBS Sports
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