How this brutal sport took over America — and helped elect Donald Trump

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  This is in conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  Today, what the rise of a violent sport reveals about Trump's America.

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  Less than two weeks after Donald Trump won the 2024 election,

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  he showed up at Madison Square Garden for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.

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  And, ladies and gentlemen, look who is now making his way to the world famous Octagon,

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  flanked by UFC CEO Dana White, 45, soon to be 47, President elect Donald Trump.

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  Trump has been a fan of the UFC for years,

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  and his arrival that night showed that the UFC and its fans love him right back.

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  It's so loud in here.

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  It is so loud.

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  It's always loud when he comes here.

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  But now that he's won, now that he's the president again, yes.

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  Oh, my go.

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  Dana White, the CEO of the ufc,

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  led Trump through the tunnel into the arena as if Trump were a fighter himself.

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  And Trump brought with him members of his inner circle,

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  many of whom have been appointed to key roles in his administration.

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  Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tulsi Gabbard, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

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  The mood walking into MSG was just kind of this street carnival of the MAGA movement.

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