More importantly: are you ready to rumble?
UFC structure takes shape at the White House, adding to Trump’s list of distractions
It was one thing to hear the president talk about the temporary construction project; it’s something else to see the endeavor actually take shape.
In mid-April, roughly six weeks into the war with Iran, the White House deployed JD Vance and the administration’s diplomatic “A team” to Pakistan for direct negotiations with officials from Tehran. The talks proved pointless, and the vice president
returned home empty-handed.
A day later, Donald Trump spoke with reporters outside the Oval Office and talked at some length about the issue foremost on his mind. “I’ve been involved in a lot of big events,”
the president said. “I have never had an event that has had more interest than the UFC fight we have right at the front door.”
Pointing to the White House South Lawn, the Republican
added, “Right there, they’re going to start building a 4,500-seat arena, and then in the back, at the Ellipse, we’re going to have 100,000, maybe 50,000 to 100,000 people, I guess. They’re building tremendous stages, and we’re going to have massive screens of the fight. It’s a very popular sport.”
It was one thing to hear Trump talk about the temporary construction project; it’s something else to see the endeavor actually take shape. Roughly six weeks after the president’s weird monologue about the UFC venue,
The Associated Press reported:
Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary.
Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month’s UFC bout, helping mark the nation’s 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
It was one thing to hear the president talk about the temporary construction project; it’s something else to see the endeavor actually take shape.
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