And Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250
HumorAnd Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250What would Thomas Jefferson say?By Alexandra PetriIllustration by The Atlantic. Source: Culture Club / Getty.June 15, 2026, 1:04 AM ET ShareSave [The presidents stare out from their portraits along the White House Corridor of Misleading Presidential Facts.]Thomas Jefferson: Well, lads, we did it: 250 glorious years. The thing that says UFC Freedom 250 on it.James Buchanan: That’s the president’s arena for his mixed martial arts match, to celebrate his 80th birthday and, supposedly, America’s birthday too.Calvin Coolidge: ...Theodore Roosevelt: Did someone say “arena”?
- ▪HumorAnd Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250What would Thomas Jefferson say?By Alexandra PetriIllustration by The Atlantic.
- ▪Source: Culture Club / Getty.June 15, 2026, 1:04 AM ET ShareSave [The presidents stare out from their portraits along the White House Corridor of Misleading Presidential Facts.]Thomas Jefferson: Well, lads, we did it: 250 glorious years.
- ▪The thing that says UFC Freedom 250 on it.James Buchanan: That’s the president’s arena for his mixed martial arts match, to celebrate his 80th birthday and, supposedly, America’s birthday too.Calvin Coolidge: ...Theodore Roosevelt: Did some
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HumorAnd Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250What would Thomas Jefferson say?By Alexandra PetriIllustration by The Atlantic. Source: Culture Club / Getty.June 15, 2026, 1:04 AM ET ShareSave [The presidents stare out from their portraits along the White House Corridor of Misleading Presidential Facts.]Thomas Jefferson: Well, lads, we did it: 250 glorious years. The American experiment is—dare I say it?—a success![Donald Trump and Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO, stroll past the wall of paintings.]John Adams: Who’s that?[Muffled roar from behind the White House]Abraham Lincoln: What’s going on in that structure at the back of the White House?Harry Truman: My balcony?Lincoln: Lower.
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