Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter
P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.
Obama was a great presidential face. He holds himself appropriately and with dignity, but he was a murderous and bought out president so save the bullshit
Damn To Listen To This Obama Speech. It’s Let Us Know How Far We Have Fallen As A Country!!!!! It’s Clear Why He’s So Jealous & Envious Of This Black Man!!!! Obama Is Everything He Wants To Be As A President & As A Human Being!!! He Lacks Everything Obama Embodies!!!
Maturity is realizing Bron had no business yelling at JR like that 😭
JR sold, but LeBron was literally near half court watching instead of boxing out. How you not in the play and still blaming everybody else like that?
Californians spend less on energy than residents of red states from Alaska to Alabama to West Virginia.
And we aren’t looking to relive the Black Lung days.
You’re a moron if you think all rookies are created equal when it comes to what they’re for to learn and practice already especially under great coaches, didn’t Jordan have one of those at UNC? Lol
A rookie is a rookie. F**ck you and your age excuse.
LeBron came into the league with 35 other rookies who were all MJ's age as a rookie. He was better than ALL 35 OF THEM.
He was nowhere close to 21yo MJ who was the same age as the 35 that he was better than.
Now, I just dissected your age excuse like that frog in 10 grade science class.
All you have is your troll delusions that I'm ducking you when you are the lightest work on hoops Twitter, boy!
CASTLE FOULS SGA EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION. JUST ALLOWED TO PLAY FOOTBALL. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. HE KNOWS THE REFS WILL LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT AGAINST "THE FREE THROW MERCHANT." TONIGHT SGA IS DOWN HIS 2 BEST CO-SCORERS AND HE'S UP AGAINST AN 8-MAN DEFENSE.
So Y’all Wanna Act Like Y’all More Mad At The NAACP Telling Some Black Student Athletes To Use They Power!! Than Y’all Are The MTFer Robbing The Country Blind Right Now At Gun Point!!!!!! 🙄🤡
Tim Hardaway Sr responds to the Hate from Lebron fans after he said he would take Prime Dwyane Wade over Lebron 🔥🤣
"They don't know basketball, im a hall of famer, I know basketball"
(Via Tcopodcast)
Shut up pussy. It’s bitches like you that make the world a soft shitty place. If people didn’t work with people they didn’t like to still do good things the world would have fallen apart a long time ago. Go
Cuck in a corner somewhere
I drive 45m to work. I listened to ESPN the whole way this morn. They talked about the Spurs Thunder game for 5m. The other 40m were all LeBron. This is why people are tired of LeBron and stay cookin him & his fans on here. This is why people turn ESPN tf off
God warned them, but you should sit this one out cuz you let dudes in dresses read books to kids and you think that’s normal. You’re a demonic leader with a demonic following
Stfu you pussy lmao Kobe, Magic and Kareem would be sickened by the kind of bitch boy you are lmao Jacob the clipper talks about lakers when he should stay in the basement
The last time LeBron wears a Lakers jersey will be him getting swept on his home floor. It will be a nice cap to his fraudulant Lakers tenure, making a mockery of what Magic/Kareem and Kobe worked hard to build.
You know I will be there 🤌
He played 2 all stars on each team and sometimes 1 lol the competition level wasn’t close and everyone knows it. If Kobe, Bron, kawhi played back then they coulda done the same shit with a team built
Around them