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It appears that President Trump might have been serious when he said the UFC’s structure at the White House could be there permanently.
Last week, Trump suggested that the UFC White House structure
“The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be taken down immediately, and then they said we sort of like it, let’s leave it up longer.
“We’re building something in front of the White House, it’s quite attractive to a lot of people. I’m looking at it, and maybe we’ll never ever take it down.”
𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐅𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐉𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐔𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑
Asked about the massive UFC arena rising on the White House grounds, President Trump marveled at the 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠… pic.twitter.com/mUfUDENoMU
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) June 12, 2026
According to Dana White, Trump is currently trying to talk him into selling the UFC structure to potentially keep it at the White House.
“He first called me and said this thing is incredible and he says to me I think I’m going to keep this claw, I’m going to give 10 cents on the dollar when the show is over.”
“He called me a few days ago and said this claw thing is unbelievable, I’m going to give you 5 cents on the dollar when this things over.”
Despite Trump wanting to keep the structure, the UFC has indicated it will be taken down as soon as the event ends.