That brutal, unserious cage fight underlined who Trump really is — and what he’s doing to America
Walking through the pit at work this morning I asked how everyone was doing. I had the following brief exchange with a 20-something on my team:
Me: How’s it going this morning? 20-Something: Tired. Me: Why’s that? 20-Something: I’m assuming you weren’t up all night watching the fights? Me: Ha. Definitely not. (continuing my walk to the restroom)
I don’t know what to say. “UFC Freedom 250” was a narcissistic display of self-grandeur wrapped in an American flag with ribbon of faux patriotism and a neat little MAGA cap for the bow. I had no intention of watching as I hate UFC and Trump and everything they both stand for so I was clearly not the intended audience–some might even call me a liberal snowflake with TDS. Holly Baxter writing for The Independent:
The White House has steadily maintained that this was all about patriotism and not about some guy turning 80, but really, what does it matter? Tens of thousands of people — members of the Trump family, Donald’s political allies and donors, MAGA fans — turned up to watch blood get sprayed across the floor of a cage in America’s honor and pretend it was appropriate.
The pretend of the grift ended long ago, but the way they keep trying to make it about the 250th Independence Day is genuinely impressive albeit exhausting. I’m not saying anything groundbreaking by saying governing is a game for Trump. A way for him to be the star. Another outlet for him to enrich himself and friends from the most powerful pulpit of The Church of Capitalism. It’s not about civil service, or sacrifice and this wasn’t a celebration of America. It was a celebration of, to quote a former terrible president (who looking back seems quaint), “Mission Accomplished”.
They won. Our rights are being systematically stripped away, wealth is being filtered upwards to the billionaire class, life is getting harder to just live, and they are all reveling in it. The bad guys won and they are flaunting it in the most disgusting way. I mean the winner had this to say after his bout:
“Michelle Obama is a man, am I right America?”
Sigh.