As fighters arrive for White House UFC event, Trump is the invisible guest

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

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UFC insists Sunday’s event isn’t political, but politics — and the president — were difficult to ignore as fighters gathered in D.C.

Work continues Wednesday on the South Lawn of the White House for the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 match. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

UFC has said Sunday night’s fight card at the White House is a celebration of America’s history, not politics, but the two seemed impossible to separate as the event started to take shape Wednesday afternoon.

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