Well, now, this certainly gets into the realm of Trump wants something on his birthday (and the South Lawn is going to be screwed), and the Group 7 summit has been moved to 2 days after Trump’s wrestling cage match. America is pitiful. We all know that he would whine and carry on if he had to change his “rasslin” cage match, which has been planned for nearly a year *headdesk*. Sooooooo France changed the date of the G7. This is embarrassing. With many thanks to Raw Story:
President Donald Trump’s cage-fighting match on the White House lawn is forcing the rescheduling of a planned international gathering. France announced it will delay this year’s Group of 7 summit to avoid a scheduling conflict with the mixed martial arts event planned for June 14 at the White House, two officials with direct knowledge of the planning told Politico.
Yup, South Lawn is going to be a mess. Let’s just hope they put some plywood under that racking when they build that thing. Speaking as a theater tech, even though I ran out of money and couldn’t finish my BFA, you *have* to have something under anything that’s built on a lawn because it would be really damn dangerous. Also, it will protect the lawn a certain amount – spreading out the weight. But, I’ll stop geeking out here, *ahem*, moving on…
“This is an actual headline not a joke,” posted former GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger in response to the report, which was given the headline “France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday.” Paris had previously set the date for June 14 to host the gathering of world leaders in Evian-les-Bains, on the shores of Lake Geneva, but will move the event to June 16.
Geeeeeezzzzz ridiculous! The world has to change a major event to keep Trump from whining, and it’s mortifying. All because Trump would throw a fit because of his birthday. Notice that in all this, *nothing* has been said about our *country’s* birthday. 250 years is pretty damn impressive for us, even if Trump is trying to hijack it for himself. We can hope that there will be *something* for the country. Unfortunately, I’m not holding my breath.
Trump announced the “big UFC fight” in October, and Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White said this week that logistics for the event have been finalized. Dana White told CBS News that organizers expected up to 5,000 people on the South Lawn to watch the fights. “French President Emmanuel Macron’s office declined to confirm whether the scheduling change was related to the UFC event and the U.S. Embassy in Paris did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “We are in hell,” said activist Deray Mckesson, reacting to the reports. “Utterly humiliating,” agreed X user Matt.
Here we are. The major question would seem to be whether or not Trump will be around at that point, which hadn’t occurred to me until this moment. And if he isn’t, will Vance still want to have the thing? He’d likely go ahead with it given the costs already paid and the event contract. It is *not* easy to back out of something like that. I must admit I only have experience with concerts, and those are pretty easy, just thinking about what this Trump event is going to need. Too much money is being spent. Oy. And who knows what our country will be like at our 250th?
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The G7 Summit should be left to its regular schedule with Macron and/or his office noting, “Anyone who feels this date does not work for his schedule can simply decline the invitation and the Summit will proceed without him or her. Or, said individual may send someone else to represent his or her country’s interests.”
Well, I wish they had, because everyone in the world knows he’s a demented moron. On the other hand, maybe they didn’t want everyone to have to listen to weeks of whining and threats and so on, and so forth.
OHgAWD! And cage wrestling on the lawn of our White House.
This dystopian nightmare is worse than I could have ever imagined. This Bat doo-doo President is completely demented and we’re all having to live through this.
I am fighting mad myself and let ME at him on the Whitehouse turf…….