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Munu

(284 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:28 AM 13 hrs ago

Of all the things Trump did before he ran for office, I think the one he enjoyed most was ...

... professional wrestling impresario.

I wasn't what made him the most money, nor what got him the most notoriety (and he sure loves notoriety),
but he was really really good at it.

So what could be more obvious than ...

U.F.C. Fight Venue Takes Shape on the White House Lawn
The New York Times

OK, it's not the good old WWF, more like a real sport, but it's good enough for Trump.

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Of all the things Trump did before he ran for office, I think the one he enjoyed most was ... (Original Post) Munu 13 hrs ago OP
I think it was... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #1
I think he really enjoys taking people to court pwb 12 hrs ago #2
It should be noted that "professional wrestling" is all fake and all theater. no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #3
Vile, manly men doing manly things in a violently manly way. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #4
And like Trump, it's all totally fake. Munu 9 hrs ago #5
I halfway think... Happy Hoosier 9 hrs ago #6

pwb

(12,806 posts)
2. I think he really enjoys taking people to court
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:48 AM
12 hrs ago

and ruining their lives. A Judicial abuser.

no_hypocrisy

(55,521 posts)
3. It should be noted that "professional wrestling" is all fake and all theater.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:25 AM
12 hrs ago

It isn't Olympics wrestling. It isn't even high school wrestling.

50 years ago in Virginia, my friends and I would watch "professional wrestling" after SNL. Costumes and made-up names like Count Von Ratsky. We'd turn down the sound and make our own noises when someone got slammed to the mat. And we'd be convulsed with laughter. (OK, the beer helped . . . . ) It was fake and comical simultaneously.

Trump loves fake. "Professional wrestling" is the epitome of fake.

My guess is that Trump finds PW entertaining for the reasons I cited above. But the other "fun" is laughing at the idiots who believe it's for real.

Kid Berwyn

(25,171 posts)
4. Vile, manly men doing manly things in a violently manly way.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:29 AM
11 hrs ago

And like Trump, it’s all totally fake.

Happy Hoosier

(9,651 posts)
6. I halfway think...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:45 AM
9 hrs ago

that after the event, Trump announces the structure will remain and there will monthyl events. He'll have a thrown set up to observe the games.

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