President Trump says he plans to host UFC fight at the White House
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It goes beyond trashy. He's riling up his base with a show of violence and normalizing bloodsport. This is an intentional shift in social norms. His base laps it up-- government that's fun like a wrestling match!!??-- and it takes the place in our public life that we had reserved for sober discussion of our nation's wellbeing and handing it over to gleeful violence.
It's not "UFC bad," this is "drinking whiskey for breakfast," the context matters. They are exterminating their enemies and it's going to get worse.
I'm expecting that UFC fight to have at least one fight on the undercard that pits two ICE detainees against each other. Winner gets permanent residency (and gets to go back to their family). Loser goes straight to the Everglades. I bet they even
detainfly their families in for the fight so you see the crushed look on the losers' kids when they realize they will never see their parent again. (It will sell even more on TV if the fighters are pregnant women....)Kristi Noem literally suggested a gameshow where the winner got citizenship.
“Think of this: blood sports. Just like Teddy used to do. Remember Teddy? They called the teddy bears after him, can you believe it? Maybe we’ll make some, Trump Teddies-“
Hey, if the President is looking to have boxing matches at the oval office like Teddy did, then sign me up. Teddy faught in those fights. Believe he got blinded in one eye from a fight as well.
The man got shot during a speech, finished the speech before seeking medical help. Actually had a wound, didn't have to make it up to feed the ego.
You're no Teddy Roosevelt. Not even close. For one, he respected the position, he didn't ruin it.
“It’s a diamond now, the Oval Office! Look what I’ve done to it! Most respectful EVER!” /s
“We’ll make them in America, I think? We’ll look at the numbers and see, but I think it’s going to be a great time. Maybe we’ll get WWE here next? Linda knows something about that. I’m in the Hall of Fame-“
Some smart entrepreneur in Vietnam should convince the town where their factory us based to rename itself "America" just so Trump merch can say "Made in America,
Vietnam"“That’s a great idea! Who is this guy? Can we get him on staff? I love this guy!”
You're reading from last week's script
He gives president camacho vibes all day, but I will take Camacho over him any day
At least Camacho found the smartest guy in the world and listened to him
Nobody makes this comparison anymore, out of respect for former president Camacho.
Bread and circuses. But trashier.
Burgers and clowns.
Freedom fries and ho-downs
Yeah but it's meant to be bread and circuses to distract from government. In this case, it's bread and circuses, from the very top down.
All the downsides of Comancho with absolutely none of the redeming qualities.
Quotable line there for any time someone uses the "we're in Idiocracy now". We're in the first draft version of the movie, where they realized no one was going to watch such a depressing dystopia.
I'm beginning to think Matrix was right in some scope. We are in a simulation, only we are AGI in that world (all or maybe some of us only) and the creators are messing around with variables to see how much can be taken or modified from a realism setting before we break. And they're finding that we're very resistant to breaking, accepting the most ludicrous scenarios.
Dear Americans, Idiocracy was not meant as a manual.
Now, onto the presidential rifle!
Ok THIS is the most idiocracy thing so far.
The guy is just non stop onion headlines.
This administration…
You're right I stand corrected.
This is just a distraction so that people don't talk about the spending bill. Move along.
Fucking Nero filling the coliseum to distract the masses while Rome burns. Trump truly is pathetic and weak
"...Elon Musk will absolutely fight Mark Zuckerberg, if his mom lets him this time."
Wow, what a distracting distraction.
Comes from the guy that told world leaders that it’s disrespectful to not wear a suit…. Crazy.
Gotta get Joe Rogan back on the team.
I'll only be on board with this if Trump fights Jake Paul.
Only if Trump gets beaten with a folding chair.
I hope he's the guy who gets the crap kicked out of him.
I think the US may recover from this, but it's going to be long, rocky uphill.
This guy and his Maga cult redefine the depth of rock bottom daily
We will only recover from this one day if China lets us.
I hope every Muslim fighter mercs every maggot. But I doubt there will be any Muslims on the card. So hopefully it's just hours of lay and pray.
Sad thing is there is nothing wrong with hosting a sporting event at the white house. Its every thing around it that's wrong
Was this Zuck's idea?
Maybe also throw a barbeque on the white house lawn and sell those Trump steaks fresh out of the grill
OK so he had the you're fired department. Now the UFC department. When is the home alone cameo department?
Happy 4th of July, guys!