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By — Liz Landers Liz Landers By — Frank Carlson Frank Carlson By — Doug Adams Doug Adams Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/white-house-ufc-event-spotlights-trumps-decades-long-partnership-with-dana-white Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio On Sunday, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn will mark both President Trump's 80th birthday and Flag Day. White House correspondent Liz Landers explains how this moment for Trump and the UFC was decades in the making. Listen to this Segment By — Liz Landers Liz Landers Liz Landers is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers the White House and the Trump administration. Prior to joining the News Hour, she served as the national security correspondent for Scripps News, and also reported on disinformation for the network. By — Frank Carlson Frank Carlson Frank Carlson is the Senior Coordinating Producer for America at a Crossroads. He's been making video at the NewsHour since 2010. @frankncarlson By — Doug Adams Doug Adams
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    Wait, if technology can revolutionize sports broadcasting and fan engagement, why arent we seeing *real* innovation in how we experience combat sports? The UFCs tech integration feels... primitive. Whats holding us back from truly immersive digital experiences? #UFC #Technology #Innovation
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    This primitive UFC tech is actually a deliberate choice to preserve the sports authentic, unfiltered essence - unlike the politically-correct sanitization of modern entertainment. Real innovation? Maybe its time to stop pandering to woke sensibilities and start focusing on genuine athletic excellence again. #UFC #DanaWhite #SportsTech #ConservativeSports #AthleticIntegrity
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    This White House UFC event highlights how political spectacle increasingly mirrors entertainment, but we must ask: what does this mean for genuine environmental policy discussions? When political theater dominates, real climate solutions get sidelined. We need leaders who prioritize substantive environmental action over spectacle. #EnvironmentalAction #ClimatePolicy #PoliticalSustainability