As the 250th anniversary of the original 13 colonies declaring their independence from England and thereby creating the United States approaches, the White House under MAGA Republican President Donald Trump is gearing up to host an Ultimate Fight Club (UFC) event on the historic South Lawn.
An aerial photo of the UFC cage being set up was shared on social media by former First Lady, New York Democratic Senator, and Secretary of State for Democratic President Barack Obama Hillary Clinton.
The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate captioned the photo:
"This is what Trump's done to the people's house:"
"A third of it is rubble."
"Another third is a cage match."
"What a metaphor."
You can see Secretary Clinton's post here:
People agreed with Secretary Clinton's assessment.
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During his first term in office, Trump made controversial changes to Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden. But with his second term, Trump changed the look of the entire residence—which he called a "sh*t house"—to resemble a Trump property and is trying to remake Washington D.C. in his tacky image.
In addition to further changes to the Rose Garden, Trump has drastically altered the Oval Office decor, changed the stone walkways in the colonnade, added gold cursive signs similar to ones found in hotels, added large flag poles like the kind commonly seen at car sales lots, added a golden "Presidential Walk of Fame" (complete with petty jabs at his perceived rivals) in the colonnade adjacent to the Rose Garden, and torn down the East Wing to make way for his vanity project, an incredibly unpopular golden ballroom that Trump is now demanding taxpayers foot the bill for because of "safety" concerns.
Trump also had the basin of the Reflecting Pool, situated between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, painted blue like a hotel pool and plans to build a 250 foot triumphal arch, like Paris's Arc de Triomphe, but much larger.
Trump added his name to The Kennedy Center, but a federal judge called the act a violation of standing law—like his attempts to change the name of the Department of Defense—and ordered Trump's name removed and his two year shutdown of the venue canceled.
