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Omaha Steve

(105,229 posts)
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 07:28 PM Sunday

Trump sits cageside at Miami UFC event in his latest appearance at a sports event

Source: AP

By STEPHANY MATAT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Updated 6:49 AM CDT, April 13, 2025

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump said the standing ovation and cheers he drew when he took his seat at a UFC event in his home state of Florida were signs “we’re doing a good job.”

Trump shook hands with some supporters as he walked to his cageside seat Saturday night at Miami’s Kaseya Center while others waved his trademark red campaign cap. The Republican president, who stayed for several hours before flying back to his home in Palm Beach, said it was a “great honor” to receive that recognition from the crowd.

“It says we’re doing a good job. If we weren’t doing a good job, we’d get the opposite,” he told reporters accompanying him aboard Air Force One.

In the nearly three months since he has been back in office, Trump has launched a broad effort led by billionaire Elon Musk to shrink government by firing thousands of workers and cutting spending, tried unsuccessfully thus far to end Russia’s war against Ukraine and impose tariffs against many countries, including close allies of the United States.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-ufc-miami-fight-sports-6461901bb3d5f2eec477674d02333a7f

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Trump sits cageside at Miami UFC event in his latest appearance at a sports event (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sunday OP
He is correct. johnnyfins Sunday #1
Nincompoop in chief watching non-fascist nincompoop bash fascist nincompoop while nincompoops cheer Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #2
considering how the press is being handled stillcool Sunday #3
There are a lot of knuckleheads in the UFC GenThePerservering Sunday #4
UFC is a Putin Org. multigraincracker Sunday #5
They only cheered because they were afraid if they didn't he would deport them to El Salvador mdbl Sunday #6
How many millions did this cost us, DOGE? travelingthrulife Monday #7

johnnyfins

(1,966 posts)
1. He is correct.
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 07:32 PM
Sunday

I have one question, though. How come TSFs travel, nationally and internationally is way down?

Maybe, it's because he wont get a FLA UFC welcome, or anything close to it.

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,741 posts)
2. Nincompoop in chief watching non-fascist nincompoop bash fascist nincompoop while nincompoops cheer
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 07:35 PM
Sunday

Nincompoop in chief depends on nincompoops' adulation for validation. He selects his venue with care and has been to UFC because it is much favoured by nincompoops.

stillcool

(33,632 posts)
3. considering how the press is being handled
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 07:37 PM
Sunday

by this administration, it sure makes me question the veracity of this any story.

mdbl

(6,188 posts)
6. They only cheered because they were afraid if they didn't he would deport them to El Salvador
Sun Apr 13, 2025, 08:59 PM
Sunday
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