Posted Jun 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTC

Mark Zuckerberg and David Ellison in front row of Trump’s gladiatorial spectacle.

On Sunday, the rich and powerful gathered to watch men choke each other out on the White House lawn. Welcome to peak idiocracy.

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