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Miles Archer

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Mon May 25, 2026, 07:40 PM Monday

"NOT the ONION"...UFC CEO wants to "add fans around the venue" at Trump's W.H. wrestling event to chase away gnats [View all]

This is all happening amid reports of a "bug infestation" that Dana White, UFC CEO and MAGA supporter, has expressed could be a problem for the large-scale event.

"President Trump just opened the Rose Garden two nights ago, and he invited me to dinner there. The amount of gnats that were flying around. I’m like, 'Holy s--t,'" White said during an episode of the Boardroom podcast.

"As soon as I got on the plane, I called my head of production and said, 'Yeah, let me tell you about the gnat situation tonight,'" White said. "So when you’re a fighter, think about that lighting grid, the amount of power in the lights… moths, gnats, and God knows what else."

White said they could add fans surrounding the venue to help stop the bugs because "gnats have a hard time in the wind."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ufc-fight-white-house/

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