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 Trumps vision for an all-American UFC extravaganza is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons.
The presidents plan to host a night of cage matches on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate his 80th and the nations 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 nations 50 states.
The UFC posted a rendering on X of the big event, which is being held adjacent to Trumps 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 isnt 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. Theyre 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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2:22 PM · May 23, 2026
UpInArms
(55,416 posts)We did not have to wait for the great garbage avalanche
We just had to get the dumpster fire and the clown
tanyev
(49,718 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,615 posts)Being able to count is for elite sissies.
harumph
(3,424 posts)he left off California and New York. Can't have those blue states spoiling His birthday, yunno......
underpants
(197,264 posts)Link to tweet
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sinkingfeeling
(58,071 posts)DBoon
(25,158 posts)vapor2
(4,954 posts)Bobstandard
(2,379 posts)The former Kingdom of Hawaii, taken in an illegal coup, wants its sovereignty back.
GiqueCee
(4,790 posts)... 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)was my first thought- two states where European-descended people are minorities .
LudwigPastorius
(15,032 posts)I don't blame them a bit.
Hell, I might even move to one of them.
GenThePerservering
(3,737 posts)in a country stripping its citizens of rights and muzzling the press.
Farmer-Rick
(12,790 posts)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.
ultralite001
(2,692 posts)Just sayin'...
Cherokee100
(462 posts)Please tell me, this someones idea of a sad joke.
GiqueCee
(4,790 posts)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
(12,790 posts)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
(4,195 posts)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
(4,011 posts)Will there be vendors serving opossum, squirrel and moonshine?
Or will it be strictly McDonald's and KFC?
efhmc
(17,003 posts)Martin68
(28,091 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,791 posts)BumRushDaShow
(172,501 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,927 posts)But, pretty predictable.
For somebody that grew up rich, he's so very low class.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,334 posts)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
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