Critics of President Donald Trump's announcement of a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event on White House grounds to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial next year took to social media Friday to call the proposal something "straight out of 'Idiocracy'"—the comedy cult classic about a dumbed-down 26th-century America—and condemn

The president has said he will host a UFC fight at the White House in 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The president passes over American pastimes like baseball, basketball, and football for the foreign-born discipline of mixed martial arts.