Around 7PM, the big screens onstage that displayed the American flags turned to logos for #UFC, the mixed martial arts business. Later, the MC thanked “special sponsor #Palantir,” a contractor hired to help #Trump compile data on Americans across federal agencies.

#Military handed out drinks from sponsor
#PhormEnergy - a new beverage by #AnheuserBusch & UFC CEO #DanaWhite, in the flavor Screamin' Freedom.

#commercialization #dictatorship #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy