From Concertos to Cage Matches, America Can Do It All

Mixing high and low culture is what this country’s all about.

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Justin Gaethje (blue gloves) fights Ilia Topuria during the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House South Lawn in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2026.

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Party at the White House! Trump turned 80, and the country’s approaching its 250th birthday, so why not throw a UFC cage-fighting event? It did not please everyone. Granted, it may have been a bit déclassé, but it’s better than bare-breasted transsexuals on the White House lawn.

“What?” says the person suddenly concerned with public decorum. “That never happened.”

James Lileks

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