🚨 A 600-TON steel fighting cage is sitting on the South Lawn of the White House right now. Trump owns stock in the UFC's parent company. And the DOJ just told a federal judge: the people suing us just have bad taste. This Sunday, June 14, which is both Flag Day and Donald Trump's 80th birthday, the White House is hosting UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn. A massive 92-foot-tall steel arch nicknamed "The Claw" has already been constructed on the grounds. The Lincoln Memorial, one of the most sacred monuments in America, will host the weigh-ins. Over $60 million has been spent. The UFC claims 120,000 people will attend across the White House lawn and the Ellipse. The UFC's CEO is Dana White, one of Trump's closest allies and a top campaign surrogate. Trump has been promoting the fight for months. And his financial disclosures show he purchased roughly $50,000 in stock in TKO Group Holdings, the UFC's parent company, in March, right as he was publicly hyping the event. A watchdog group called the Public Integrity Project filed a federal lawsuit on Saturday on behalf of two Virginia residents: a Vietnam War veteran and a civic activist. They argue the event violates National Park Service regulations that prohibit sporting events on federal park land, that erecting a permanent-adjacent structure like The Claw requires congressional approval, and that no environmental review was ever conducted. Then the DOJ filed its response. The Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, that the plaintiffs simply want to "exercise a heckler's veto" because they find the sights and sounds of UFC "hideous" and "disgusting." The DOJ said the solution was simple: they could "avert their gazes for the weekend." It also warned the judge that blocking the fight could endanger the health of the 14 fighters involved due to prolonged weight cutting. The judge has not yet ruled. Plaintiffs want a decision by Thursday. The fight is Sunday. To be clear: the President of the United States is using the people's house as a private commercial sports venue, collects stock in the company running it, and the DOJ's defense is essentially "look away if you don't like it."