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Miles Archer

(24,457 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:40 PM 16 hrs ago

"NOT the ONION"...UFC CEO wants to "add fans around the venue" at Trump's W.H. wrestling event to chase away gnats

This is all happening amid reports of a "bug infestation" that Dana White, UFC CEO and MAGA supporter, has expressed could be a problem for the large-scale event.

"President Trump just opened the Rose Garden two nights ago, and he invited me to dinner there. The amount of gnats that were flying around. I’m like, 'Holy s--t,'" White said during an episode of the Boardroom podcast.

"As soon as I got on the plane, I called my head of production and said, 'Yeah, let me tell you about the gnat situation tonight,'" White said. "So when you’re a fighter, think about that lighting grid, the amount of power in the lights… moths, gnats, and God knows what else."

White said they could add fans surrounding the venue to help stop the bugs because "gnats have a hard time in the wind."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ufc-fight-white-house/

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"NOT the ONION"...UFC CEO wants to "add fans around the venue" at Trump's W.H. wrestling event to chase away gnats (Original Post) Miles Archer 16 hrs ago OP
Too many dog peckers around the White House, House of Roberts 16 hrs ago #1
... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #2
I guess there are no other options... lapfog_1 16 hrs ago #3
"...gnats have a hard time in the wind." J_William_Ryan 15 hrs ago #4
"Gnat gonna do it."--Pappy Bush RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 14 hrs ago #5
😆 MerryBlooms 14 hrs ago #10
DC in the summer, yup!! WarGamer 14 hrs ago #6
Biden sent them! Open an investigation! scipan 14 hrs ago #7
Hopefully swarmed with dangerous mosquitos as well durablend 14 hrs ago #8
An old fishing trick for the Magas out there - taxi 14 hrs ago #9
Then pay for em ya fuck purr-rat beauty 13 hrs ago #11
Bats! Bayard 13 hrs ago #12
RELEASE THE GNATS!!! lame54 11 hrs ago #13
Trump's hair will love it lame54 11 hrs ago #14
Oh No!!! Not midges! Well, when an event is hosted by the lord of the flies... maxrandb 4 hrs ago #15
Will have to be fans made of gold no doubt. RoeVWade 4 hrs ago #16

J_William_Ryan

(3,596 posts)
4. "...gnats have a hard time in the wind."
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:29 PM
15 hrs ago

Trump Cult members – consistently ignorant and stupid.

taxi

(2,761 posts)
9. An old fishing trick for the Magas out there -
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:18 PM
14 hrs ago

Don't be the tastiest person in the boat.
Not that the unwashed masses will be showering before going anyway...

Bayard

(30,379 posts)
12. Bats!
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:07 PM
13 hrs ago

Bats love to dive bomb after the bugs attracted to lights. Now, that would be worth watching.

maxrandb

(17,503 posts)
15. Oh No!!! Not midges! Well, when an event is hosted by the lord of the flies...
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:53 AM
4 hrs ago
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