{"id":2455944,"date":"2026-06-12T07:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2455944"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:56:51","slug":"ufc-white-house-and-the-billionaire-alliance-monopolizing-us-politics-sports-and-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ufc-white-house-and-the-billionaire-alliance-monopolizing-us-politics-sports-and-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC White House and the Billionaire Alliance Monopolizing US Politics, Sports, and Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-415145\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post_date\" title=\"2026-06-12\">June 12, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post_author auth-date cp-plus-single-author\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/author\/eric-draitser\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Draitser<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"socialtwo\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style left-social\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"unset\">\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_button_facebook\"\/><br \/>\n <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_button_twitter\"\/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_button_reddit\"\/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_button_bluesky\"\/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_button_email\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2026\/06\/12\/ufc-white-house-and-the-billionaire-alliance-monopolizing-us-politics-sports-and-entertainment\/print\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Print This Post\" class=\"print-icon\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC White House and the Billionaire Alliance Monopolizing US Politics, Sports, and Entertainment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEodBu8wALc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>CounterPunch explores the upcoming UFC White House spectacle and the Hollywood, DC, and Gulf power brokers at the nexus of US politics, sports and entertainment. Host Eric Draitser welcomes veteran combat sports journalist Nate Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief of The MMA Draw, to the show to discuss the White House event, the mythology around Trump\u2019s relationship with the UFC and Dana White, the role of Ari Emanuel and TKO Group in monopolizing combat sports and playing all sides of the power structure, the Gulf monarchies and their projection of soft power, the overlap between entertainment, finance, and geopolitics, and so much more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"author_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em><strong>Eric Draitser<\/strong>\u00a0is an independent political analyst and longtime CounterPuncher. You can find his exclusive content including video interviews and analyses, articles, podcasts, commentaries, poetry and more at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/ericdraitser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/patreon.com\/ericdraitser&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1744389887743000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PYFznTuFKr5M1kbISUxRj\">patreon.com\/ericdraitser<\/a>\u00a0<wbr\/>and on Substack @ericdraitser.<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.counterpunch.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, 2026 Eric Draitser CounterPunch explores the upcoming UFC White House spectacle and the Hollywood, DC, and Gulf power brokers at the nexus of US politics, sports and entertainment. 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