I still can't believe we've made it all the way back to gladiator fights in front of the palace.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2026
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The public interest? What is the public interest of a fight on the Whitehouse lawn? Even if this wasn't gross and corrupt, it has basically zero value to the nation.
Another event where trump will be in an open aired area with too many angles to possibly cover and a loud, attention grabbing distraction.
DC is pretty locked down in the Capitol district, not least the lawn of the white house.
Somehow someone got that 8647 on that lawn, tho....
One might argue the same about Mar-A-Lago, yet someone managed to hide in a bush for 12 hours with a rifle. A bush the Secret Service knew paparazzi hide in to take photos... so not an unknown threat. And they even managed to actually get away, only detained later during a traffic stop.
We're not exactly seeing the highest level of protection and competence around the Rapist in Chief. Probably because loyalty is the only prerequisite for him, not capability.
Probably because loyalty is the only prerequisite for him, not capability.
And that loyalty is mostly all performative bullshit. These assholes will all turn on him the very moment they think they could get away with it.
It's about pumping up the T and the sperm level counts of our ~~Nazi youth~~ manly males who apparently the likes of Brainworms and Jesse Watters seem really concerned about.
Trump really wants in the history books - this classless, corrupt, grimy event will likely wind up there - not in the way he wants though
Can't wait to see what racist shit gets said during this event.
The judge concluded that the risk of any significant environmental damage “therefore appears remote,” whereas the harms on the government side include the time, effort and money that have gone into planning the event, as well as the interests of spectators, remote viewers and the millions of dollars the UFC and related organizations have spent.
“The potential loss of those dollars resulting from a last-minute, court-ordered stoppage cannot be ignored,” the judge wrote.
So, it really is always capitalism.
I’m seeing a deluge of beer cups being thrown, every other person in a fight, and several people crushed under the monster trucks trump ordered to be driven into the crowd.
Glorious.
This is such a huge blunder in so many ways, truly, deeply humiliating to all Americans.
So pathetic.
REEEEEeeeeeDOM 250