President Donald Trump revealed plans to celebrate his 80th birthday by hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House.

Trump floated the idea of UFC fighters brawling on the White House lawn back in July. On Sunday, in a rambling speech at at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia to mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy, he confirmed the date.

“And on June 14th next year, we’re going to have a big UFC fight at the White House, right at the White House on the grounds of the White House,” he told the assembled sailors, without explaining that would be his 80th birthday.

The event looks set to become the tacky White House showpiece of wider national celebrations to mark 250 years since the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

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