Donald Trump reveals shocking detail about UFC at the White House and suggests a change for Dana White.

Dana and Trump at a UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

Exactly two months before the highly anticipated UFC event at the White House, Donald Trump continues to provide information about the show, held in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Independence of the United States. During an interview with 'Fox News' given last Monday (13), the US president detailed the structural process that Dana White's company has been promoting at the official headquarters of the US executive branch.

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In the midst of the conversation, one of those present questioned the president about the possibility of changing the official name of the event. The Ultimate has been promoting the fight night as UFC Freedom 250 , but the suggestion given was to start using the number 1776 as part of the promotion, in reference to the year of the United States' Independence. Furthermore, he also revealed an important detail about the broadcast of the fights.

“That’s a good idea (name change). I’ll tell Dana White that. They’re building an arena with 4.500 seats right on the field, plus massive stages and giant screens in the back so that 50.000 to 100.000 people can watch!” Trump stated.

🚨 🇺🇸 Donald Trump says they will put huge screens in the back of the White House so up to 100,000 fans could watch the fights.

He also says they might rename the card to UFC 1776:

"That's a good idea. I'll tell that to Dana White.

They're building a 4,500-seat arena right on… pic.twitter.com/hT8spc6yTD

— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) April 13, 2026

Dana White and Donald Trump are longtime allies.

Donald Trump steals the show with his appearance alongside Dana White at UFC 309. Photo: Reproduction/X

Trump is a longtime ally of Dana White. While the sport was reviled and viewed negatively by much of American society, some important Ultimate events were held at the Trump Taj Mahal in the early 2000s, shortly after the Fertitta brothers acquired the company from the former SEG. The president has attended other UFC events in the past, and has also become close to athletes like Colby Covington , for example.

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