According to France 24, President Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with an unconventional White House event, hosting UFC cage fights on the South Lawn. The spectacle occurred the same day the administration announced a memorandum of understanding with Iran, blending athletics, diplomacy, and patriotic pageantry into a made-for-television display.

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