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Last nighttime was Donald Trump's day party. Oh, excuse me, I mean the USA's 250th day solemnisation that fell connected Trump's 80th day alternatively of the States' existent July 4 anniversary.
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To celebrate, Trump hosted a UFC spectacle connected the White House South Lawn, and present that the lawsuit is over, radical are talking astir conscionable however dystopian and weird the full happening felt.
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1. To start, the lawsuit kicked disconnected with a associated Navy and Air Force flyover during the National Anthem.
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This, on with the robust arena, fireworks, lights, and the fight's monolithic scale, has netizens calling it an "EPIC WASTE" of money.
3. After knocking retired his opponent, heavyweight Josh Hokit told Joe Rogan successful a post-fight interview, “Hey, outcry retired to Trump for having the balls to enactment connected immoderate crap similar this." Then, helium added the pursuing racist remark: “Lastly, Michele Obama is simply a man. Am I right, America?”
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As video of Hokit's remark went viral connected X, 1 idiosyncratic tweeted, "It's not astonishing that this is what they're doing astatine the White House to observe 'America 250' this is simply a cleanable practice of this country. This is what it's ever been and thing has changed."
"A disgraceful spectacle done and through," different idiosyncratic added.
4. That aforesaid combatant was besides seen gifting Trump a concatenation with immoderate benignant of medallion...
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...this follows a caller contented of Trump being gifted medals, awards, and different arguably undeserved paraphernalia.
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5. Some judge they saw Trump autumn dormant during the event, but BuzzFeed is incapable to confirm. You tin spot a video here and determine for yourself.
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Regardless, radical are inactive making jokes astir Dozy Don.
6. Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and David Ellison were in attendance...
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...which sparked comments similar this.
7. During the broadcast, it was announced that the fighters would beryllium paid cryptocurrency bonuses done the Trump family's own World Liberty Financial business. As the Guardian enactment it, "The improvement connects the Trump family’s fiscal interests to the high-profile UFC contention being promoted connected authorities property."
The authoritative broadcast for Trump's UFC combat announces that fighters volition beryllium paid successful crypto from the Trump family's crypto institution pic.twitter.com/IB8r1sxWyt
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"The President of the United States is promoting his ain crypto coin astatine a UFC combat being held successful beforehand of the White House. That is simply a existent sentence," idiosyncratic reacted. "What are we doing."
9. If warring wasn't capable of a sport, determination were besides motorsport athletes doing stunts up of the show.
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This peculiar infinitesimal made radical wonderment however different presidents would person fared if they attempted to big specified a circus.
10. And finally, earlier the lawsuit adjacent started, the White House's Rapid Response relationship crashed retired connected the Weather Channel for reporting a accidental of thunderstorms and rain.
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