Laura Williamson

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251 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Jun

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Fresh Air · How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

I mean, what is it, 600-ton steel arch on the South Lawn?

It feels a little bit different to Obama, President Obama going to watch an NBA game, doesn't it?

I mean, it's quite a weekend.

I think we're expecting President Trump at the U.S.

's opening game on Friday as well.

And then this shindig on the White House lawn on Sunday.

He does.

Also, I think, has recently invested in UFC's parent company as well, which brings an added dimension to hosting an event with such premium ticket prices as well, I think.

I think when you look at this event, and again, we've been talking about ticket prices, I think premium tickets for this UFC event are sort of a million dollars a pop at the very highest level.

So who is profiting from that would be my question.

And is it the holding group in which Mr. Trump has recently invested?

I think that it sort of invites further questions about why this event is being held and where the money's going.

The suit is ostensibly saying, as we've just mentioned, that it's a conflict of interest.

It's saying that it's giving the chief executive of UFC, Dana White, unfettered access to the White House and the Lincoln Memorial where the weigh-ins are going to be held before the event to stage a private for-profit sports event there.

Yeah, obviously it's in such a public and prestigious area.

So that's the main tenement of the lawsuit.

Yeah, we do.

I think about that a lot actually because I think ultimately I want our reporters to tell people things they don't know about whatever it is they care about.

And sport and culture and business and politics –

are so entwined now, so interspersed.

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