Trump’s recent White House Rose Garden event was overrun with gnats, Dana White reveals

UFC CEO Dana White claimed that the White House Rose Garden, made over into a patio last year by President Donald Trump , is infested with gnats, which could pose a problem for next month’s MMA bout on the South Lawn. “President Trump just opened the Rose Garden two nights ago, and he invited me to dinner there,” White, 56, told the Boardroom podcast Monday. “The amount of gnats that were flying around.

I’m like, ‘Holy s***. ’ As soon as I got on the plane, I called my head of production and said, ‘Yeah, let me tell you about the gnat situation tonight. ’ “So when you’re a fighter, think about that lighting grid, the amount of power in the lights… moths, gnats, and God knows what else.

” White said he had advised installing powerful fans around the White House venue for next month’s fight to drive away the insects because “gnats have a hard time in the wind. ” “These are all the little details that we have to think about,” the impresario said. “That’s why I don’t like fighting outside.

Ever. ” Dana White complained about the prevalence of gnats at a recent White House Rose Garden event he recently attended, worrying that it could impact the lighting at his upcoming UFC spectacular (Boardroom/YouTube) Trump has tasked White with staging a showpiece UFC event at the presidential residence to mark his 80th birthday on June 14, the occasion also honoring the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States. White House spokesman Davis Ingle did not address White’s gnat concerns when asked by The Independent but said of the cage fight extravaganza: “This will be one of the greatest and most historic sports events in history, and President Trump hosting it at the White House is a testament to his vision to celebrate America’s monumental 250th anniversary.