{"id":1823,"date":"2026-06-18T09:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:06:44","slug":"america-just-hit-rock-bottom-or-we-can-only-hope-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1823","title":{"rendered":"America just hit rock bottom \u2014 or we can only hope so"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Sunday night, President Donald Trump brought the country to a new low. The question is whether the nation has finally bottomed out\u2014and realizes it.<\/p>\n

Read more Steve Schmidt: Today\u2019s G7 meeting proves Trump is in serious decline<\/a><\/p>\n

On the White House lawn, Trump hosted Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts cage matches. Fighters attacked each other with their fists, feet, knees, and elbows. Blood spewed everywhere; that was the point.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t boxing; the combatants wore gloves with much less padding. It wasn\u2019t professional wrestling; the injuries inflicted were real. It was billed as a sporting event, but as commentators observed, it was really 21st-century cockfighting where the birds are human beings.<\/p>\n

Follow the Money<\/h4>\n

The UFC said that private funding totaling $60 million paid for the event. But it\u2019s not clear that any private money covered the monumental work<\/u> of the hundreds of staff from seven federal government agencies, or the estimated<\/u> $10 to $12 million in supplemental security that the District of Columbia incurred (to be reimbursed from federally appropriated funds for federal events).<\/p>\n

Fighters used the Executive Office Building and rooms in the White House as locker rooms. If not sacrilegious, it was something close.<\/p>\n

Beyond the abuse of taxpayers\u2019 dollars, Trump\u2019s profiteering was pervasive.<\/p>\n