Trump’s 80th birthday #UFC stunt on the South Lawn of the #WhiteHouse on Sunday night was a mass-media spectacle unlike any in the history of the presidency.

#Trump sat ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump, as fighters whaled on one another inches away inside an 8-sided cage wrapped in #cryptocurrency ads. All 5 of his children & nearly all his grandchildren sat around him.

#grotesquerie #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ufc-trump-white-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Marks 80th Birthday With a UFC Cage Match at the White House

President Trump sat ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump, for an event that used the trappings of the White House for a U.F.C. brawl.

The New York Times
@Nonilex Fixed a typo: "#Trump SLEPT ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump..."