Trump proposes UFC fight at White House to celebrate US' 250th Independence Day

US President Donald Trump said connected Thursday (local time) that helium is considering hosting a UFC lucifer connected the White House grounds arsenic portion of the celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary."Does anybody ticker UFC? The large Dana White? We’re going to person a UFC fight.

We’re going to person a UFC combat — deliberation of this — connected the grounds of the White House," Trump said during a code astatine the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

'We person a batch of onshore there'

"We person a batch of onshore there, we’re going to physique a small — we’re not, Dana is going to bash it. Dana is great, 1 of a benignant — going to beryllium UFC fight, title fight, afloat fight, similar 20,000 to 25,000 people, and we’re going to bash that arsenic portion of ‘250’ also."

Trump is simply a longtime person of Dana White, the CEO of UFC.

He precocious attended a combat successful Newark betwixt Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley.The announcement was made during the commencement of a bid of events that volition pb up to the country’s 250th day connected July 4, 2026.Trump besides mentioned plans for a last lawsuit connected the National Mall successful Washington, DC, and a sports contention featuring precocious schoolhouse athletes from crossed the country.“So each 1 of our nationalist parks, battlefields and historical sites are going to person peculiar events successful honour of America 250.

And I adjacent deliberation we're going to person a UFC fight," Trump said.

America 250: Year-long celebrations planned

Donald Trump said Americans should expect a twelvemonth afloat of celebrations starring up to July 4, 2026, calling it an "extraordinary twelvemonth ahead" filled with events, peculiar offers, and nationwide activities.Trump said determination would beryllium large celebrations nether the America250 campaign. As listed connected the authoritative America250 website, planned initiatives include: