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BumRushDaShow

(172,536 posts)
Sun May 24, 2026, 12:58 PM 22 hrs ago

Trump's White House UFC Event to Honor America Botches U.S. Flag

Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 24 2026 2:35AM EDT
Published May 24 2026 1:22AM EDT


President Donald Trump’s vision for an all-American UFC extravaganza is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons.

The president’s plan to host a night of cage matches on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate his 80th and the nation’s 250th birthdays has taken an awkward turn. The American flag featured in the UFC mock-up for the event has a major glitch: It only has 48 stars to represent the nation’s 50 states.

The UFC posted a rendering on X of the big event, which is being held adjacent to Trump’s paved-over Rose Garden, featuring the faulty flag, a giant platform for the contest, and a crowd of seemingly excited spectators. An eagle-eyed observer on X spotted the goof-up.

The flag isn’t the only potential problem for the fight-off. UFC CEO and president Dana White toured the proposed event site last week and was stunned by the overwhelming number of gnats and other bugs. They’re bound to be annoying and could even present a danger to distracted performers, he fears.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-white-house-ufc-event-to-honor-america-botches-us-flag/






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I don't want to suggest that the fine folks staging the mixed martial arts fight on the White House lawn for the president's birthday are not sticklers for decorum and protocol but their American flag's got 48 stars on it


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Trump's White House UFC Event to Honor America Botches U.S. Flag (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP
Idiocracy was a prescient documentary of our current existence UpInArms 22 hrs ago #1
We just got there 500 years sooner than predicted. tanyev 22 hrs ago #6
Oh come on now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago #2
He signalling he's going to give Alaska back to Russia and sell Hawaii harumph 22 hrs ago #3
Or.... lastlib 18 hrs ago #28
I wouldn't mind seceding. BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #34
So it's a ....false flag operation underpants 22 hrs ago #4
First a flag with 11 stripes and now 48 stars. Doesn't anyone in MAGA know what the US flag looks like? sinkingfeeling 22 hrs ago #5
they think it looks like this DBoon 22 hrs ago #8
True for most of congress vapor2 21 hrs ago #15
Apparently not. Sequoia 18 hrs ago #30
Hawaii wants to be left off anyway, so no foul. Bobstandard 22 hrs ago #7
Earlier today... GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #14
"Left out California and Hawaii" Retrograde 20 hrs ago #18
Hey, if Vermont and Massachusetts want to secede,... LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #9
"Freedom 250" GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #10
The insect problem is going to be out of control Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #11
X marks the spot... ultralite001 21 hrs ago #12
Please tell Cherokee100 21 hrs ago #13
What? The fight on the White House lawn? GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #16
Next up mud wrestling and Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #23
Those new "flag" poles? BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #35
Trump is concerned about "gnats and bugs" AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #17
Question johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #19
That is totally disgusting. All of it. efhmc 20 hrs ago #20
Their stupid is truly world-class. Martin68 20 hrs ago #21
I don't know where you would even find a flag like that...unless you were specifically looking for it. Midnight Writer 19 hrs ago #22
I think the pics are AI slop renderings of what they are planning BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #25
The whole thing is stupid and trashy. Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #24
The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #26
Amerika -- White Trash 'R' Us ! nt eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #27
Next, it will be the stars and bars PSPS 18 hrs ago #29
That's the home screen. BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #36
It just keeps getting worse sakabatou 17 hrs ago #31
They'll just get a couple of pasteys down at the local "gentleman's club" WestMichRad 13 hrs ago #32
I saw UFC At the Whitehouse!! commercial today at the gym GenThePerservering 10 hrs ago #33
The 48 star flag was intentional. Blumancru 4 hrs ago #37
Why do the alledged fighters SADAR 3 hrs ago #38

UpInArms

(55,419 posts)
1. Idiocracy was a prescient documentary of our current existence
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:02 PM
22 hrs ago

We did not have to wait for the great garbage avalanche …

We just had to get the dumpster fire and the clown

lastlib

(28,664 posts)
28. Or....
Sun May 24, 2026, 04:46 PM
18 hrs ago

he left off California and New York. Can't have those blue states spoiling His birthday, yunno......

sinkingfeeling

(58,074 posts)
5. First a flag with 11 stripes and now 48 stars. Doesn't anyone in MAGA know what the US flag looks like?
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:19 PM
22 hrs ago

Sequoia

(12,777 posts)
30. Apparently not.
Sun May 24, 2026, 05:15 PM
18 hrs ago

Couldn't even post the Union Jack for visit of King Charles, but put up the Australian flag instead.

Bobstandard

(2,381 posts)
7. Hawaii wants to be left off anyway, so no foul.
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:23 PM
22 hrs ago

The former Kingdom of Hawaii, taken in an illegal coup, wants it’s sovereignty back.

GiqueCee

(4,796 posts)
14. Earlier today...
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:16 PM
21 hrs ago

... I saw a video of a couple of younglings taking in a baseball game in Tokyo. The young Aussie host welcomed her American friend as being more knowledgeable about the game. He replied that he's from Hawai'i, so he's not really American, but he'd pretend to be one for the sake of that podcast. Ouch!
So yeah, the Hawaiian memory is long, and the resentment still runs deep, it would appear.

Retrograde

(11,451 posts)
18. "Left out California and Hawaii"
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:34 PM
20 hrs ago

was my first thought- two states where European-descended people are minorities .

LudwigPastorius

(15,037 posts)
9. Hey, if Vermont and Massachusetts want to secede,...
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:29 PM
21 hrs ago

I don't blame them a bit.

Hell, I might even move to one of them.

Farmer-Rick

(12,792 posts)
11. The insect problem is going to be out of control
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:11 PM
21 hrs ago

No matter how much you fumigate the outside, you can't get rid of all gnats. Mosquitoes, flies, biting gnats and moths can also be a problem at sunset and into the evening. The lights are going to draw insects from throughout DC.

Good luck with them trying to get into people's eyes, nose and mouth, flying into any food and drinks that might be around. Imagine being a wrestler who can't smack at them. Even spray-on bug sprays frequently don't work on those tiny annoying insects.

And it's going to rain these next 2 days. Not a lot. Just enough to encourage more gnats.

GiqueCee

(4,796 posts)
16. What? The fight on the White House lawn?
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:27 PM
21 hrs ago

Sorry, Cherokee, but this bit of pitiful theatrics is as real as a heart attack.
The Gangrenous Orange Boil On The Ass Of Humanity has yet to exhaust his warehouse of ways to degrade the Oval Office he defiles by his presence.

Farmer-Rick

(12,792 posts)
23. Next up mud wrestling and
Sun May 24, 2026, 03:58 PM
19 hrs ago

Live women strippers.

Do you think he would let my neighbor park his house trailer on the front lawn? My neighbor voted for the pedo. Sooooo, maybe he should ask?

AverageOldGuy

(4,197 posts)
17. Trump is concerned about "gnats and bugs"
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:33 PM
20 hrs ago

No kidding.

The moron does not know several facts:

1. DC was built largely on a swamp. Swamps attract bugs.
2. This is the beginning of summer. By the time of this event the bugs are out in mass -- they are mating and laying eggs and they are EVERYGODDAMWHERE.
3. You may control the indoors with temp, humidity, and lighting. Outdoors a thing called NATURE is in control and all your money will not change that.

johnnyfins

(4,018 posts)
19. Question
Sun May 24, 2026, 02:36 PM
20 hrs ago

Will there be vendors serving opossum, squirrel and moonshine?

Or will it be strictly McDonald's and KFC?

Midnight Writer

(25,793 posts)
22. I don't know where you would even find a flag like that...unless you were specifically looking for it.
Sun May 24, 2026, 03:56 PM
19 hrs ago

Buddyzbuddy

(2,929 posts)
24. The whole thing is stupid and trashy.
Sun May 24, 2026, 03:58 PM
19 hrs ago

But, pretty predictable.

For somebody that grew up rich, he's so very low class.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,353 posts)
26. The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes
Sun May 24, 2026, 04:23 PM
19 hrs ago

trump does not know or care about the American flag

The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes. How many original colonies were there?

Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T17:19:07.497Z



WestMichRad

(3,411 posts)
32. They'll just get a couple of pasteys down at the local "gentleman's club"
Sun May 24, 2026, 09:55 PM
13 hrs ago

…. and viola! Problem fixed!!

GenThePerservering

(3,749 posts)
33. I saw UFC At the Whitehouse!! commercial today at the gym
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:31 AM
10 hrs ago

(it's the only place where I see TV) - it was a mockup, of course, but what they showed was not legit MMA. It'll be kayfabe all the way down.

Blumancru

(317 posts)
37. The 48 star flag was intentional.
Mon May 25, 2026, 06:45 AM
4 hrs ago

They want to take the country back to the 1950s, so why not the flag as well?

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