President Donald Trump has suggested that the UFC arena under construction at the White House for the looming MMA event could be a permanent fixture.Trump made the unusual remark in a TikTok video late Tuesday, comparing the UFC “claw” stage on the White House South Lawn to a famous landmark in Europe.“Many don’t know that in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower, 1889 it was built,” Trump said. “It was supposed to be taken down immediately after the World’s Fair, and then they said, ‘You know, we sort of like it. Let’s leave it up a little bit longer,’ and then they said, ‘Let’s leave it up longer and longer and longer.'”
The Eiffel Tower was once supposed to be taken down 20 years after the 1889 World Exhibition, but lead architect Gustave Eiffel pushed the French government to keep the tower permanently.
“Well, they never took it down, and you know we’re building something in front of the White House that’s quite attractive to a lot of people,” Trump added. “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.”
It remains to be seen whether Trump will follow through on the remark, which serves as another example of the president’s excitement for the UFC fight night this month.
