Trump’s Revolutionary White House UFC Fight

Donald Trump’s UFC fight at the White House is a sign of far-reaching changes in American culture and politics. To understand just how unthinkable this event would have been in a previous era, consider that John McCain once called for a ban on mixed martial arts, the combat sport practiced in the UFC. McCain represented an older, more genteel GOP. He disagreed with Trump not only about combat sports but about the standards of civility that should govern politics. He also believed that it was possible to lose with dignity, a belief Trump does not seem to share.