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Trump Turns White House Into UFC Arena: Macho Politics & Corporate Cash Grab? 6/15/26
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- The Mark Thompson Show
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- Jun 15, 2026
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Summary
Trump’s UFC White House stunt was quite the spectacle. President Trump’s birthday party/UFC fight event on the White House lawn brought out the bros, from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com and David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance to Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel. Was the event intended to rescue a “macho” image for a president that seems to be getting weaker and sleepier by the day? A president made to look even weaker by not being able to steamroll Iran as he planned? Mark will discuss. The conversation continues with author and scholar Sarah Kendzior. You can always find more from Sarah at https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/ The Mark Thompson Show 6/15/26 Patreon subscribers are the backbone of the show! If you’d like to help, here’s our Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/themarkthompsonshow Maybe you’re more into PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PVBS3R7KJXV24 And you’ll find everything on our website: https://www.themarkthompsonshow.com The Mark Thompson Show has an official new Facebook page. Please join! Here's the link: https://m.facebook.com/TheMarkThompsonShow/ Show sponsors: coachellavalleycoffee.com - use code MarkT at check out to save 10% Suite 106 Bakery use code MarkT to save 15% Here’s a special link: https://suite106bakery.com/discount/MARKT