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Court documents expose eye-watering price tag of Trump’s White House cage fight

Birthday Spectacle, Public ExpensePower on the LawnThis is not a UFC event “at” the White House. It is the White House being repurposed for Trump’s birthday spectacle, with federal institutions turned into the staging crew. The reported cost is already at least $60 million, and that figure is not accidental drift. It is the price of a president using the state as a backdrop for personal branding.Who Made It HappenThe real power here sits with Trump, who can convert public land, federal labor, and security agencies into infrastructure for his own celebration. Dana White’s role matters too…

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