{"id":3329,"date":"2026-06-12T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:36:10","slug":"on-trumps-80th-birthday-a-white-house-ufc-fight-will-compete-with-no-kings-and-a-jane-fonda-concert-for-americas-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3329","title":{"rendered":"On Trump\u2019s 80th birthday, a White House UFC fight will compete with \u2018No Kings\u2019 and a Jane Fonda concert for America\u2019s attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This Sunday is going to be a\u00a0<em>big<\/em>\u00a0day in the nation&#8217;s capital. June 14 happens to be Flag Day, the anniversary of the U.S. Army&#8217;s founding and President Trump&#8217;s 80th birthday. It also comes just under three weeks before the United States&#8217; semiquincentennial \u2014 the overly complex word for its 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the same time, the Trump administration is hosting the first-ever professional fights on the White House&#8217;s grounds, while Trump&#8217;s critics will hold a concert and community events to protest his administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here&#8217;s a rundown of what&#8217;s going down in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-ufc-freedom-250-fights\" class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\">The UFC Freedom 250 fights<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The marquee event on Sunday is the unprecedented\u00a0mixed martial arts competition\u00a0being held on the White House grounds. A massive, 90-foot-tall arch that&#8217;s been dubbed &#8220;The Claw&#8221; and a temporary 5,000-seat arena have been built on the South Lawn of the White House for the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A separate viewing area on the Ellipse will allow as many as 80,000 fans to watch the matches on giant screens. The fights, which are headlined by a lightweight championship contest between Spanish-Georgian Ilia Topuria and American Justin Gaethje, will also be broadcast live on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\">\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\">\n<div class=\"iframely-responsive\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/iframely.publishing.yahoo.net\/QtJoZBvP?v=1&amp;app=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fate of the event had been uncertain amid an ongoing legal battle stemming from a lawsuit filed by a group seeking to prevent it from happening. On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the fights can go forward as planned. There is a chance, however, that Mother Nature may interrupt the festivities. Forecasters are expecting\u00a0at least some rain\u00a0in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night \u2014 with some models\u00a0predicting\u00a0possible thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"trumps-birthday\" class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\">Trump&#8217;s birthday<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are no official events specifically celebrating the president&#8217;s 80th birthday at the moment. But the milestone will no doubt be a big part of Sunday&#8217;s activities as his supporters and political allies offer well-wishes throughout the day. It will likely be a similar vibe as last year&#8217;s\u00a0military parade, which formally honored the Army&#8217;s 250th anniversary but also created ample opportunity for Trump&#8217;s backers to celebrate his birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump is just the second president in history to reach the age of 80 while in office, after his predecessor Joe Biden. If he serves until the end of his second term, Trump will pass Biden to become the\u00a0oldest president ever\u00a0in August 2028.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-concert-for-the-first-amendment\" class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\">A concert for the First Amendment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At around the same time that the first fights at the White House begin, a concert celebrating the rights granted by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution will also be starting in New York City.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0Rise Up: Sing Out\u00a0event will feature appearances and performances from a list of major stars, including Bette Midler, Julia Roberts, Patti Smith and Rufus Wainwright. It&#8217;s being planned by the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that was founded in 1947 to protest the government&#8217;s investigations into alleged Communist activities in Hollywood at the time. Actress and activist Jane Fonda, whose father Henry was a member of the original committee, revived the long-dormant organization last year to push back on the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;silence critics&#8221; in the media and other institutions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mb-4 border border-solid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZIorrmPtt7\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1239px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This 90-minute concert event will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment\u2014of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest\u2014and the people power that both fuels these rights and is essential to guarantee them,&#8221; the event&#8217;s website says.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"no-kings-events\" class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\" data-jump-link-target=\"\">&#8216;No Kings&#8217; events<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just like they did last year, organizers with the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; movement are planning nationwide events in opposition of the Trump administration on the president&#8217;s birthday. But this year&#8217;s events will be very different from the mass protests that filled the streets in hundreds of cities across the country \u2014 or the two similar national days of protest that have been held since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year,\u00a0organizers are using\u00a0the Rise Up: Sing Out concert as an &#8220;anchor&#8221; for local events centered around celebrating community, rather than protesting the president.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mb-4 border border-solid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZLvuODOlg_\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1113px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Across the country, communities will gather for local watch parties to sing along, make art, share food, connect with neighbors, and take meaningful action together,&#8221; the\u00a0group wrote\u00a0on its website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The goal of Sunday&#8217;s gatherings is to help &#8220;No Kings&#8221; move &#8220;beyond mass street mobilizations&#8221; and to start &#8220;building hyper-local infrastructure&#8221; to combat the Trump administration, organizers wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are more than\u00a0300 events\u00a0planned for Sunday across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday is going to be a\u00a0big\u00a0day in the nation&#8217;s capital. 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