Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Trump’s cage fight birthday bash faces legal switch kick

Trump’s cage fight birthday bash faces legal switch kick

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Trump’s cage fight birthday bash faces legal switch kick

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Construction continues at the White House to build a temporary structure for next month's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight as part of the America 250 celebrations, seen Friday, May 29, 2026, in Washington.
APConstruction continues at the White House to build a temporary structure for next month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship fight seen May 29, in Washington.

It’s getting kind of difficult to keep track of all the lawsuits against all of President Donald Trump’s efforts to turn Washington, D.C., into one of his resorts. This weekend brought us a brand-new one, with two plaintiffs suing to stop the Ultimate Fighting Championship fight scheduled for Trump’s birthday on June 14. 

It might seem like this lawsuit is a day late and a dollar short, given that we are just days away from this glorious event, but it turns out that the plaintiffs, along with the rest of us, only just learned exactly how bad this whole thing is. 

Last year, the National Park Service issued a temporary rule that exempted America250 events from permitting requirements, even if on the grounds of the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. However, that exemption is limited to “America250 events planned, organized, and executed by executive departments and agencies or the [United States Semiquincentennial] Commission.” If that wasn’t clear enough, the rule also says it applies only to events “for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence.”

APDana White speaks before Trump arrives at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington.

But “UFC Freedom 250” isn’t part of America’s birthday. It’s part of Trump’s 80th birthday, and there is no special exemption for that, even if UFC head Dana White is ridiculous enough to say that having a cage match because Trump wanted one is actually for all of us, America, happy birthday. 

Far from being an official celebration of America, Freedom 250 is really just another way to bribe Trump. Much like the big dumb ballroom, large companies hoping for even bigger government contracts have ponied up so that Trump can feel like a big special boy. 

Now, having Freedom 250 be the organizer of the UFC match would still run afoul of the law, given the exemption only covers America250 events, but what seems to have urgency for the lawsuit is that a Freedom 250 spokesman said the White House fight is not actually affiliated with Freedom 250 either, nor is the IndyCar vroom vroom that Trump also demanded. 

So, the lawsuit points out, this is just a private for-profit sporting event. That’s why there are “brand partners” like crypto.com. Last time we checked, America’s actual birthday didn’t need a grifty crypto sponsor. 

Dana White has made sure everyone knows that the UFC fight is costing him $60 million, but he only expects to recoup $30 million, poor guy. That kind of overlooks that the UFC is selling “sponsorship” packages ranging from $1 million to $1.5 million. People who drop that coin aren’t really “sponsoring” anything—it just gets them a very expensive ticket. So, if the UFC sells 31 of these, it’s basically in the black. 

Another UFC bigwig, Mark Shapiro, made exceedingly clear that this is a profit-making opportunity for the ages: “This is the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time. It’s a once-in-a-generation moment. The kind of attention, awareness, and sampling we’re going to get from audiences around the world, on that day alone, will be more than we could get in an entire year.”

Of course, folks who can’t make it can pay another Trump crony, David Ellison, to stream the fights live on Paramount+. 

A cartoon by Jack Ohman showing President Donald Trump walking under his "Arc de Trump."
Jack Ohman/Tribune Content AgencyCartoon by Jack Ohman

Trump’s big mouth is also part of what landed him in this lawsuit. On June 3, he went on TikTok to say that the ghastly enormous octagon thingy that is currently wrecking the White House lawn was somehow just like the Eiffel Tower and “maybe we’ll never ever take it down.”

Also undoubtedly a factor? Learning that weigh-ins for the fight will be at the Lincoln Memorial. Just makes your heart swell with patriotism, doesn’t it?

We can pretty much predict the administration’s response to the lawsuit, right? It will be some variation on how it is unconstitutional to not let Trump do whatever he wants. Indeed, that’s pretty much the argument the Department of Justice made at the court of appeals in the ballroom case. Judge Patricia Millett asked the DOJ attorney, “If the government decides very quickly to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty, the people whose ancestors—that was the first thing they saw coming to this country, but the government moved too fast—nothing can be done?” His response? “I think that’s right, yes.”

As appalling as that is, at least the administration is openly acknowledging that the ongoing transformation of Washington into a low-rent slapdash crapfest can only continue if courts buy the argument that nothing is sacred in America save for Trump’s wishes. And it’s just adding insult to injury that his wishes are so ugly, tasteless, and tacky. 

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  1. Comment by AMusingFool.

    "Learning that weigh-ins for the fight will be at the Lincoln Memorial."

    I can't even put a rubber-footed camera tripod down on the Lincoln Memorial, but they're going to put all the equipment involved in covering that mess there?!?

  2. Comment by Pudentain.

    The Bicentennial, back in ’76*, was a lot more enjoyable to watch and participate in ** than this money grubbing $hit $how! No need for paying anything to participate or watch…

    * (yeah, I’m old)

    ** (marching in drum and bugle corps in small town(s) in eastern Pennsylvania)

  3. Comment by rickyd125.

    I love my country. I salute the brave men and women who have sworn an oath to protect the interests of the U.S. And I grieve for the lives lost in battle in so many wars, some needlessly. That said, I am not feeling especially patriotic about the upcoming 250th celebration. Maybe because the moron in the White House has his grubby, grifting hands all over it. He's managed to make it all about himself. Per usual. The AI images are sickening. The tie-ins of MAGA (read: Trumpy) merch even more so. A UFC weigh-in at the Lincoln Memorial? Can we go any lower? I am waiting for him to issue an executive order that the American flag henceforth boast his doughy, orange-tinted mug.

  4. Comment by Pudentain.

    Will this be the tipping point for "The Big One"?

    Think of the ratings if he strokes out on TV whilst ranting...

  5. Comment by actorman.

    All of this reminds me of what happened to Hill Valley in Back to the Future, Part 2.

  6. Comment by Jhericho.

    I hope this lawsuit wins an injunction against the event on the day. Trumpy is so cute when he's fuming in impotent, puerile rage.

  7. Comment by Jolicouer.

    Why can't we get rid of this idiot? Other countries would have gotten rid of him and his misfit crew long ago.

    • Reply by Pudentain.

      Because the checks aren't balancing in Congress, Damn Repubes!

  8. Comment by Joefree.

    So now we know, Donold has long been 'in the closet'. He's so anxious to watch sweaty half naked men grapple with each other that he'll host the event. ("host" is not quite the right word - it implies covering at least some of the costs and we know that Donnie 'squeezes a nickel so hard the buffalo p**ps' and we get to foot the bill).

  9. Comment by Citrine2.

    The constant desecration of Washington by this tasteless, crude, clueless buffoon is a slap in the face to all decent Americans. it's pretty clear that trump spent the 4 years Biden was in the White House dreaming up ways to shit all over the city if he ever became president again. As for all the feckless cowards who kiss his fat ass every day, they all should all be tried in a Nuremberg type trial as soon as rump is gone. The republican party has gone to crap and a carload of troglodytes are doing what a malignant narcissist is telling them to do. God help us!

    • Reply by voidstuff.

      That structure in front of the White House is hideous. "Just like the Eiffel Tower". GTFO.

    • Reply by Jhericho.

      Well, to be fair, Parisians hated the look of the Eiffel Tower for a very long time.

    • Reply by DianeTheTurtle.

      He and his minions made sure he won the election because all of this abuse, grift, and destruction was planned in advance. He was bankrupt before, and now? His pockets are lined with money and dictator’s pockets are lined with him. Every day we wake up to a new surreal nightmare that I can only pray we will recover from.

    • Reply by RightHeaded.

      It makes me sad because I would love to be able to enjoy this. 250 years is a big deal and only comes around once, but the oversized shadow of this imbecile takes all the joy out of it.

  10. Comment by Brett Haring.

    May have previously mentioned that when dad was stationed in Quantico over 50 years ago, he made sure we visited the museums, Monuments, Houses, memorials, and cemeteries in and around the D.C. area as part of my education. What trump has done is (say it for Hillary C) deplorable. This is not a remodel. These are not upgrades. This is destruction and debasing of our history. He should be held financially accountable for these desecrations.

  11. Comment by JohnathanSwiss.

    I am old enough to remember when Republicans wanted to impeach Clinton for having a friend who was also a donor stay in the Lincoln bedroom for a night.

    Now look at what the Republican party has become. If they could feel shame I would tell them "shame on you".

    • Reply by FrankieH.

      Yeah. Too bad they have NONE.

  12. Comment by tree66.

    I just heard on MSNOW that the participants in the fight on the WH lawn, will get weighed in at the Lincoln Memorial, and then enter the cage from the Oval Office.

    Can you get anymore disrespectful? Maybe a dance floor in Arlington.

    Every day my ulcer increases from the audacity of this pompous administration.

  13. Comment by eli1023.

    I hope Trump jumps in the ring because he's such an incredible specimen of health and gets his skull bashed in!

    • Reply by swizzle.

      He certainly does like to inject himself into everything everywhere, and no dirty chuckles please, as that was the verb used by New Yorkers complaining about all the awful consequences of this buffoon attending the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in person.

      I want to hear the boos so bad and so prolonged that the game can't start until he leaves, after all, he's been perfecting the art of storming off in a huff.

    • Reply by FrankieH.

      Well, the Knicks lost, and now he'll call them "losers" when actually, his evil, loser presence is what cursed the game.

  14. Comment by esperanza121.

    It wouldn't be as bad if at least he had a bit of class and good taste. My grandmother told me many years ago, "No matter how much money they have, they're still white trash." Good for you Nana.

  15. Comment by bpollen.

    I would even subscribe to Paramount+ to see it if one of the bouts was someone fighting Trump.

    • Reply by left MIDDLE right.

      At this point is there anyone Scump could actually fight and beat, an older small women with a walker could beat him down so fast even the secret service would not have time to stop it.

    • Reply by AngryOldWhiteMan.

      Well, he has been scared shitless of Nancy Pelosi, a small, 80-year old woman for years.

  16. Comment by Wynter.

    The court will likely put the event on hold from their view, but Trump will simply ignore it and simply hold the event anyways. He won't recognize their authority to stop his event. Even if the SCOTUS came down and complained, he would simply ignore it.

    It's come down to that with him I feel. He knows his goose is cooked by the lawsuits coming back to roost. By November, I wouldn't put it past him already having an exit strategy to get out of the country before he loses his jet privileges.

    • Reply by swizzle.

      His DOJ keeps arguing for him about all his latest DC foolery that 'it's too late now.' Seems like that would be invoked in this situation also, no?

    • Reply by Jhericho.

      I just hope Trump is stupid enough to flee to Russia. He will make perfectly lovely Siberian fertilizer.

  17. Comment by Carole Lutness 38th AD.

    Back in the 90's when Trump and "Reality TV" shows began to gain prominence because the networks saw how cheap they were to produce, I reflected that our culture was now entering the era of "LCD" (Lowest Common Denominator). Reveling in the most base, common and crude media is now the norm. Trump is the king of the LCD!

    • Reply by ldgmiller.

      Yep. Very prophetic.

  18. Comment by domestic goddess.

    How can they use federal property for a profit event? How is that legal?

    • Reply by Wynter.

      None of this is legal. It's all riding on a waiver that they pushed through to make it appear legal. If he wants a MMA fight on his birthday he should just rent a coliseum like all the other rich kids do.

  19. Comment by bigwhoop.

    Seems kinda dumb to have a fight under a giant metal structure when there's a chance of thunderstorms. On the other hand, Trump and all the members of his cabinet and executive branch together struggle to form one brain between them, so there's that.

    • Reply by ukulelegeek.

      Let’s all pray for a huge lightening storm..

    • Reply by DonaldWindrip.

      With a huge lightning storm they would cancel the event.

      Now, a small dark cloud that coalesced out of nowhere, on the other hand . . .

    • Reply by Jhericho.

      I'm hoping for hail, to make Trumpy scurry back into the White House like a fat badger.

    • Reply by Sagisou.

      "Seems kinda dumb to have a fight under a giant metal structure when there's a chance of thunderstorms."

      Right! Let's just hope the Goddess is listening!

  20. Comment by yunohu.

    Ridiculous & sickening!

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Monday, June 8, 2026

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem


Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

 

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