Mehdi Hassan

And now he puts this monstrosity on the White House lawn.

And now he's suggesting that he'll keep it there forever.

And he loves this because his base is the only thing he has left.

Swing voters have ditched him.

Hispanic voters and young people who came over for the election have ditched him.

So he's going back to the base.

And some people have described UFC as the sporting wing of MAGA.

Saying it out loud makes me feel like I'm in some weird dream.

Dana White, who runs UFC, has turned it into a billion and a half dollar business.

It's an old friend.

I say friend loosely.

Trump doesn't have friends.

Old acquaintance and business partner of Donald Trump.

He pretends to be apolitical, but he's spoken at every Republican national convention since 2016.

And look, this is very much about where they decide to put their energies and resources.

This is where they think the male young white base is at UFC.

This is where Trump thinks he can get cheered.

Most people will boo Trump wherever he is.

So he needs to retreat to safe spaces and a safe space is a UFC fight.

And even safer space is a UFC fight on the White House lawn.