Construction continues on a temporary arena that will host the UFC Freedom 250 fight event in June on the South Lawn of the White House on May 27, 2026. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters

Trump compares White House UFC cage to Eiffel Tower, says 'maybe we'll never ever take it down'

Politics

President Donald Trump offered a history lesson on the Eiffel Tower in Paris in a video posted to his TikTok account Wednesday, noting that it was built to be a temporary structure for the 1889 World's Fair.

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"They said, you know we sort of like it, let's leave it up a little bit longer," he said. "And then they said, let's leave it up longer and longer and longer. Well, they never took it down."

Trump drew a parallel with the UFC octagon being built on the White House's South Lawn for a June 14 bout celebrating America's 250th anniversary.

"You know, we're building something in front of the White House that's quite attractive to a lot of people," Trump said in a video posted on Tuesday. "It's going to have the big UFC fight on June 14. And I'm looking at it, and maybe we'll never ever take it down."

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