As President Donald Trump is set to soak in a bloody UFC brawl outside the White House on his birthday Sunday, his family is getting behind $12,000 gold coins promoting the fight card. The Trump Organization — run by the president’s sons, Eric and Donald Jr. — and the multibillion-dollar mixed martial arts company have partnered to sell a collection of “Freedom 250”-themed silver and gold coins branded with the president’s face and in a case that features a label with his signature on it.
The coins, which are set to drop Tuesday, range from nearly $250 to $12,000 apiece and also include a portrait of Trump’s bud, UFC boss Dana White, on the label. The medallions are billed as a way to commemorate both America’s 250th birthday and a “defining patriotic moment” between Trump and the UFC, per the website of Trump Coins, which says it partners with the Trump Organization and suggests the president “designed” the medallions and other coins. While Trump has proudly backed the coins and
his likeness is apparently cleared for use, Trump Coins claims that the Trump Organization doesn’t manufacture or sell the medallions (the degree to how much the organization financially benefits from its “partnership” with Trump Coins is less clear). The coins are set to go on sale just days before the fight card is overseen by a company that’s long been cozy with Trump. The president has used America’s big birthday as a vehicle to celebrate himself and to benefit his friends. The UFC event is
set to air on a streaming platform operated by a Trump-aligned CEO, as well. (Note: A lawsuit filed by a watchdog group that looks to block the event from taking place on Sunday is awaiting further judicial review.) The five-figure Trump-UFC coins arrive as the president disregards Americans’ financial situations amid an unpopular Iran war that’s caused gas prices to leap and economic optimism to sour.
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So wait it’s a fight AND a coin selling scheme? That seems… not subtle.
Freedom 250 coin for like 12 grand?? My buddy said UFC is basically politics now anyway so this tracks. Also suing to stop it is probably just drama.
I don’t even get how the Trump Organization can be “not selling” it but still partnered? Like who’s getting the money then? Feels like they’re doing the whole loophole thing.
America’s 250 birthday and it’s UFC outside the White House? I thought the event was supposed to be like patriotic reenactment or something, not a UFC brawl lol. And the Iran war/gas prices part—yeah he’s really out here acting like coins fix inflation. Not saying I’m shocked but cmon.