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Trump says White House UFC arena could remain permanently

sportsJun 3, 202616817

President Donald Trump said the UFC arena installed on the White Lawn South Lawn 'maybe we'll never ever take it down' while promoting a UFC Fight Night scheduled for June 14 as part of the 250th anniversary events. The temporary octagonal ring and seating were erected on the South Lawn and have blocked the Marine One helicopter landing zone. Because of the obstruction, the White House halted helicopter travel and has been transporting the president by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews. Keeping the structure permanently would alter use of the South Lawn, complicate presidential travel and security protocols, and set a precedent for staging major commercial entertainment on White House grounds.

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Anti-SS 🍺 🍻26

So there is nothing to stop Trump from doing whatever he wants and us Taxpayers have to pay for it. Got it.

Tibor M. Kalman17

Nothing quite signifies America’s metamorphosis into the dystopian reality depicted in the film Idiocracy than this UFC Arena sitting on the White House lawn. This nation has become rudderless, drifting out on open seas. ❤️‍🩹🇺🇸

mspyeinthesky.bsky.social16

He is a classless idiot but I actually think this is him trolling us.

Skip hop jump 🍀💮🐳🐚🐸🐾11

Boo hiss. The midterms will rip him a new one.

Sinister Minnesotan10

Gaudy trash has always been a piece of Donald’s MO. Sophistication and elegance? He’s never heard of ‘em.

Harry9

Classy. Next on the list a strip joint where the rose garden was?

gnielsen49.bsky.social9

Nothing he does had better be anything close to permanent.

Serendipity8

Yes by all means.. since we have clowns running the country let's complete the look by putting in a ferris wheel, petting zoo, high wire acrobats, cotton candy & hot dog vendors.

Sherry Krauss7

And then we will be stuck with the bill to tear it down and restore the damage that UFC said they’d need to repair

David M5

So he's going to steal it basically? Like UFC comes and sets up their bouncy castle on his lawn and when they come back to collect it he's gonna tell them to get off his lawn? 😂😂

Octopi Wall Street4

Henceforth, policy disputes between members of the Trump administration will be settled in what White House insiders are already calling "the Thunderdome".

Martin Robertson4

a GLADIATOR arena in Emperor Trump's palace

doubled pawn4

We will need a lot of time and money to change all of this shit back when he is gone

Susan loves democracy3

No. That is atrocious. We will tear it down like the Berlin Wall.

Echo 🇨🇦 🇺🇸3

It’s funnier because they likely have not even seen Idiocracy.

Kevin Beeee2

Ignore him. He's just saying shit that he probably can't enforce and may very well forget within a week. And if it does stay up...well, just more shit for us to burn down once the clown car gets thrown out of power.

Feathered Stone2

Until he’s gone and we tear it down

Trevor Foster2

He hasn't done any public appearances for days, hasn't travelled & is turning the White House into his personal safe space bunker. He wants to keep it for hosting rally events so he can walk out on the balcony, like a true dictator, to do his speeches to his carefully chosen approved cult audience.

hokusai 🌊🌊🌊2

we're tearing that AND everything (incl. the EAST WING)...any INSTANCE of his stench...we must undo all of it and that starts with removing the visible elements

citybythelake2

Is this what they wanted to hang Pence from?

RIP America 🇨🇦2

Fuck that! Nothing he has done will be permanent. Like Hitler, he will be scrubbed from anything he touched and destroyed.

rhonnie-72.bsky.social2

He just wants the outraged attention would be my guess. I'm surprised the Historical Preservation Society let him build a cage fight arena for gladiator-type sports, they sure as shootin' won't let him leave that abscess on the face of our Capitol. But the outrage may be the point.

Cindy Lee 🇨🇦2

The madness of a wannabe king.

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