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Trump Celebrates His 80th Birthday with Bloody Fights at the White House

The piece presents Trump’s birthday UFC spectacle on the White House lawn as a brutal display of political masculinity staged at the symbolic heart of American democracy.

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SIB · heimildin.is · By AFP · 15 June 2026 · read the original in Icelandic →

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, celebrated his 80th birthday last night with a harsh display of political masculinity, turning the White House lawn into an arena for bloody combat.

In an unprecedented event at the venerable seat of American democracy, Trump sat among thousands of admirers who cheered as competitors from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) beat one another.

The fighters in the evening’s main bout emerged from the president’s office, where only a few hours earlier Trump had sealed a long-awaited peace agreement with Iran, and made their way from there to the fighting cage.

The American fighter Justin Gaethje knocked out the Spanish-Georgian Ilia Topuria, thereby securing the lightweight title in the main event. Gaethje was declared the winner after Topuria’s face had been so badly battered that he could not continue.

After the fight, Trump and First Lady Melania entered the cage, spattered all over with blood, to congratulate Gaethje, who in turn congratulated the president …

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