Only One President Could Come Up With This Spectacle

Tomorrow, on Flag Day, President Trump and the White House will host U.F.C. — the Ultimate Fighting Championship — for a set of fights in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, as well as to mark the president’s 80th birthday. To hold this event, the president has transformed the White House grounds into a pay-per-view spectacle — a carnival designed and built for the biggest display you can imagine.

It suffices to say that this is out of the ordinary for a celebration of the nation’s founding and independence.

At the Jubilee in 1826, for example, President John Quincy Adams........

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