President Donald Trump said in a video posted to his TikTok account that “maybe we’ll never ever” take down the structure that’s gone up outside the White House for an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight this month, comparing it to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
In the video, the president offered a history lesson on the Eiffel Tower, noting that it was built to be a temporary structure for the 1889 World’s Fair.
“They said, you know we sort of like it, let’s leave it up a little bit longer,” he said. “And then they said, let’s leave it up longer and longer and longer. Well, they never took it down.”
Trump drew a parallel with the UFC octagon being built on the White House’s South Lawn for a June 14 bout celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.
“You know, we’re building something in front of the White House that’s quite attractive to a lot of people,” Trump said in a video posted on Tuesday. “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.”
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