White House to host UFC event, says Trump

US President Donald Trump says he plans to big a UFC arena astatine nan White House adjacent twelvemonth arsenic portion of America's 250th day celebrations.

Speaking astatine a rally successful Iowa, Trump said UFC president Dana White will build nan arena which will characteristic a "championship fight" successful beforehand of "20,000-25,000 people".

"We're going to person a UFC conflict connected nan grounds of nan White House. We person a batch of onshore there. Dana's going to do it," said Trump.

The UFC are yet to officially corroborate nan show but nan promotion's president White shared a video of Trump announcing nan news connected societal media pinch nan caption "this will beryllium epic".

The UFC's Instagram relationship besides shared nan video, asking followers "who would you for illustration to spot header nan event?"

Trump is adjacent friends pinch White, pinch nan UFC main becoming a cardinal protagonist during his 2024 predetermination campaign.

He has attended a number of UFC shows during his 2 stints arsenic president and was astir precocious astatine UFC 316 successful New Jersey past month.

Trump's reside successful Iowa marked nan first of a bid of events to observe nan day of America's signing of nan Declaration of Independence.