Donald Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of cage fights at the White House. But big issues loom
Trump seeks to tie Sunday's UFC fights to the nation's 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The post Donald Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of cage fights at the White House. But big issues loom appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elect…
President Donald Trump celebrates turning 80 on Sunday with a s howstopping birthday spectacle that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House.
This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza, where combatants sealed inside a wire-mesh octagon try to punch, kick, chop and pummel each other into submission.
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