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White House UFC event spotlights Trump's decades-long partnership with Dana White
On Sunday, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn will mark both President Trump's 80th birthday and Flag Day. White House correspondent Liz Landers explains how this moment for Trump and the UFC was decades in the making.
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According to PBS News’s source item, White House UFC event spotlights Trump’s decades-long partnership with Dana White, On Sunday, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn will mark both President Trump’s 80th birthday and Flag Day. White House correspondent Liz Landers explains how this moment for Trump and the UFC was decades in the making.
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