Trump's White House UFC Event to Honor America Botches U.S. Flag

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Source: Daily Beast

Updated May 24 2026 2:35AM EDT
Published May 24 2026 1:22AM EDT


President Donald Trump’s vision for an all-American UFC extravaganza is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons.

The president’s plan to host a night of cage matches on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate his 80th and the nation’s 250th birthdays has taken an awkward turn. The American flag featured in the UFC mock-up for the event has a major glitch: It only has 48 stars to represent the nation’s 50 states.

The UFC posted a rendering on X of the big event, which is being held adjacent to Trump’s paved-over Rose Garden, featuring the faulty flag, a giant platform for the contest, and a crowd of seemingly excited spectators. An eagle-eyed observer on X spotted the goof-up.

The flag isn’t the only potential problem for the fight-off. UFC CEO and president Dana White toured the proposed event site last week and was stunned by the overwhelming number of gnats and other bugs. They’re bound to be annoying and could even present a danger to distracted performers, he fears.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-white-house-ufc-event-to-honor-america-botches-us-flag/

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I don't want to suggest that the fine folks staging the mixed martial arts fight on the White House lawn for the president's birthday are not sticklers for decorum and protocol but their American flag's got 48 stars on it


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2:22 PM · May 23, 2026

[UpInArms]

1. Idiocracy was a prescient documentary of our current existence

We did not have to wait for the great garbage avalanche …

We just had to get the dumpster fire and the clown

[tanyev]

6. We just got there 500 years sooner than predicted.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Oh come on now

Being able to count is for elite sissies.

[harumph]

3. He signalling he's going to give Alaska back to Russia and sell Hawaii

[lastlib]

28. Or....

he left off California and New York. Can't have those blue states spoiling His birthday, yunno......

[BidenRocks]

34. I wouldn't mind seceding.

When California goes, Texas and Alabama go broke.

[underpants]

4. So it's a ....false flag operation

Link to tweet

?s=46

[sinkingfeeling]

5. First a flag with 11 stripes and now 48 stars. Doesn't anyone in MAGA know what the US flag looks like?

[DBoon]

8. they think it looks like this

[vapor2]

15. True for most of congress

[Sequoia]

30. Apparently not.

Couldn't even post the Union Jack for visit of King Charles, but put up the Australian flag instead.

[Bobstandard]

7. Hawaii wants to be left off anyway, so no foul.

The former Kingdom of Hawaii, taken in an illegal coup, wants it’s sovereignty back.

[GiqueCee]

14. Earlier today...

... I saw a video of a couple of younglings taking in a baseball game in Tokyo. The young Aussie host welcomed her American friend as being more knowledgeable about the game. He replied that he's from Hawai'i, so he's not really American, but he'd pretend to be one for the sake of that podcast. Ouch!
So yeah, the Hawaiian memory is long, and the resentment still runs deep, it would appear.

[Retrograde]

18. "Left out California and Hawaii"

was my first thought- two states where European-descended people are minorities .

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Hey, if Vermont and Massachusetts want to secede,...

I don't blame them a bit.

Hell, I might even move to one of them.

[GenThePerservering]

10. "Freedom 250"

in a country stripping its citizens of rights and muzzling the press.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. The insect problem is going to be out of control

No matter how much you fumigate the outside, you can't get rid of all gnats. Mosquitoes, flies, biting gnats and moths can also be a problem at sunset and into the evening. The lights are going to draw insects from throughout DC.

Good luck with them trying to get into people's eyes, nose and mouth, flying into any food and drinks that might be around. Imagine being a wrestler who can't smack at them. Even spray-on bug sprays frequently don't work on those tiny annoying insects.

And it's going to rain these next 2 days. Not a lot. Just enough to encourage more gnats.

[ultralite001]

12. X marks the spot...

Just sayin'...

[Cherokee100]

13. Please tell

Please tell me, this someones idea of a sad joke.

[GiqueCee]

16. What? The fight on the White House lawn?

Sorry, Cherokee, but this bit of pitiful theatrics is as real as a heart attack.
The Gangrenous Orange Boil On The Ass Of Humanity has yet to exhaust his warehouse of ways to degrade the Oval Office he defiles by his presence.

[Farmer-Rick]

23. Next up mud wrestling and

Live women strippers.

Do you think he would let my neighbor park his house trailer on the front lawn? My neighbor voted for the pedo. Sooooo, maybe he should ask?

[BidenRocks]

35. Those new "flag" poles?

Nope! Stripper poles.

[AverageOldGuy]

17. Trump is concerned about "gnats and bugs"

No kidding.

The moron does not know several facts:

1. DC was built largely on a swamp. Swamps attract bugs.
2. This is the beginning of summer. By the time of this event the bugs are out in mass -- they are mating and laying eggs and they are EVERYGODDAMWHERE.
3. You may control the indoors with temp, humidity, and lighting. Outdoors a thing called NATURE is in control and all your money will not change that.

[johnnyfins]

19. Question

Will there be vendors serving opossum, squirrel and moonshine?

Or will it be strictly McDonald's and KFC?

[efhmc]

20. That is totally disgusting. All of it.

[Martin68]

21. Their stupid is truly world-class.

[Midnight Writer]

22. I don't know where you would even find a flag like that...unless you were specifically looking for it.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. I think the pics are AI slop renderings of what they are planning

[Buddyzbuddy]

24. The whole thing is stupid and trashy.

But, pretty predictable.

For somebody that grew up rich, he's so very low class.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes

trump does not know or care about the American flag

The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes. How many original colonies were there?

— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T17:19:07.497Z

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[eppur_se_muova]

27. Amerika -- White Trash 'R' Us ! nt

[PSPS]

29. Next, it will be the stars and bars

[BidenRocks]

36. That's the home screen.

[sakabatou]

31. It just keeps getting worse

[WestMichRad]

32. They'll just get a couple of pasteys down at the local "gentleman's club"

…. and viola! Problem fixed!!

[GenThePerservering]

33. I saw UFC At the Whitehouse!! commercial today at the gym

(it's the only place where I see TV) - it was a mockup, of course, but what they showed was not legit MMA. It'll be kayfabe all the way down.

[Blumancru]

37. The 48 star flag was intentional.

They want to take the country back to the 1950s, so why not the flag as well?

[SADAR]

38. Why do the alledged fighters

look like Rock'em Sock'em Robots?