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NanKate Fri 12-Jun-26 21:37:12

I have just seen on the News that Trump has had erected a cage surrounded by seats for a Cage Fighting event to celebrate his 80th Birthday and their 250th Independence Day.😳

I’ll be 80 in September and our son is taking the Family to the Aquarium in Brighton near his home to celebrate.

Any other GNetters 80 this year ?

NotSpaghetti Mon 15-Jun-26 10:04:43

I'm sure there will be news about it - or maybe a YouTube video or two?

Can't see British channels buying it though!

MissAdventure Mon 15-Jun-26 09:45:32

Oh well, I won't be watching, then. smile

NotSpaghetti Mon 15-Jun-26 07:28:11

It was apparently on Paramount+ which you have to pay to see, MissAdventure

On March 25 Trump bought shares in the company running it.

Dickens Mon 15-Jun-26 01:23:06

MissAdventure

Dickens
I'd just like to see the whole spectacle of it, and watch Trumpty Dumpty revelling in it all.
He is such a ridiculous caricature of a human.

... yes, a sort of 'world-weary' observer then! grin

Casdon Sun 14-Jun-26 21:03:40

imaround

Wrong link.

These are the things I need to celebrate first. Who wants to join me? It can be an adventure. wink

www.onthisday.com/events/june/14

imaround Janis Ian, At Seventeen. I just had to go to listen to her again, I last saw her on TV when she was on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 20:42:42

Dickens
I'd just like to see the whole spectacle of it, and watch Trumpty Dumpty revelling in it all.
He is such a ridiculous caricature of a human.

Dickens Sun 14-Jun-26 19:49:13

Of course this 250th anniversary is about so much more than the ego and whims of Trump though he might well attempt to make it very much 'about him' one way or another.

Because our histories are so intertwined, there are events and exhibitions etc taking place here in the UK too.

imaround Sun 14-Jun-26 19:37:17

Wrong link.

These are the things I need to celebrate first. Who wants to join me? It can be an adventure. wink

www.onthisday.com/events/june/14

imaround Sun 14-Jun-26 19:34:54

Happy Flag Day!

www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-14/

Here are all the other things I need to celebrate today before I can pay attention to that man.

www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-14/

NanKate Sun 14-Jun-26 19:32:45

I hear Putin has phoned him to wish him Happy Birthday. Yuk !

Casdon Sun 14-Jun-26 19:25:48

I thought maybe baby blimps Jaxjacky, the nappy does look a bit like cage fighter shorts?

Padstow13 Sun 14-Jun-26 19:23:11

Trump apparently wanted this benighted 'Peace Deal' over the stupid war he started, signed and wrapped today, his birthday, as a marvellous piece of self-publicity.

Doesn't look like it's going to happen though - Netanyahoo has been naughty and deliberately disobeyed Trump and is carrying on as per usual.

Trump and Melania will just have to seek consolation watching some cultured and sophisticated Cage Fighting.

Jaxjacky Sun 14-Jun-26 19:16:15

Will they be pig shaped Casdon?

Dickens Sun 14-Jun-26 19:12:10

MissAdventure

So, will we get to see the celebrations?
I'll have to have a look if we do.

... I'd like to see the flotilla of tall ships, and the events around the Smithsonian Festival...

you?

Casdon Sun 14-Jun-26 18:56:56

I wonder if there will be golden Donald balloons released all over USA to celebrate?

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 17:56:13

So, will we get to see the celebrations?
I'll have to have a look if we do.

Macaydia Sun 14-Jun-26 17:13:04

Yes, a really unhinged and dangerous movement.

Dickens Sun 14-Jun-26 15:31:36

Macaydia

I think he should have pole-dancing women in string bikinis too. That would catch the evangelical voters, wouldnt it?

In the broader sense of the word - Pastor Bobby Leonard of North Carolina could be deemed an 'evangelical'. It's old hat now but a video is re-circulating on Facebook where said Pastor railed against women wearing shorts instead of 'pants' and dresses, so he'd possibly have an apoplectic fit if hew saw women dancing in string bikinis!

He was the Pastor who told his congregation back in 23/24 that he wouldn't vote to convict a man who's accused of raping a woman if she wore shorts.

Because, "a man's a man. A man's a man"...

Lord knows what punishment he'd think suitable for a woman in a string bikini!

I'm so done with the American Christian Nationalists.

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 13:32:49

Well, you did ask. smile

Macaydia Sun 14-Jun-26 13:26:30

Well that's a load of dirt ! How did we get from having an 80th birthday to visiting an aquarium to pheasant murders and illegal practices on the royal properties? Quite the travels.

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 13:18:22

King Charles and Queen Camilla: As former avid participants, they frequently rode with the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt prior to the ban. King Charles even lobbied the government before the ban, defending the sport as a "romantic relationship with dogs and horses". Their former hunt has remained a frequent target of monitoring by animal rights groups regarding alleged illegal activities

MissAdventure Sun 14-Jun-26 13:15:13

The Royals must be called out for their obsession with wildlife slaughter - Protect the Wild share.google/LWjvX79FWJHL9zMiP

Allsorts Sun 14-Jun-26 13:03:28

Tacky as ever.

Macaydia Sun 14-Jun-26 13:02:24

MissAdventure

Our own royals were always quite the fans of blood sports.
That's if it's "sport" when it's not byween willing, evenly matched participants.

Which century?

Macaydia Sun 14-Jun-26 13:01:24

I think he should have pole-dancing women in string bikinis too. That would catch the evangelical voters, wouldnt it?