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America at Two Hundred and Fifty- Domestic Decline and Questions Over Who Actually Rules

Food stamps, opioid deaths and a cage fight on the White House lawn, read against rival theories of American power

In the headline video, Japan an occupied nation celebrates 250 years of the U.S. This is a country that was bombed with nuclear weapons by the US at Nagasaki and Hiroshima resulting in more than 210 000 deaths.

On 14 June 2026, President Donald Trump marked his eightieth birthday and the run-up to the semiquincentennial of American independence with a mixed martial arts card staged on the South Lawn of the White House, fought inside a twenty-eight-metre steel structure nicknamed the Claw and built at a reported cost of sixty million dollars. This is where Lincoln once pondered the survival of the Union and Roosevelt addressed a nation at war. Roughly 4,300 people watched in person, seating reserved for sponsors, political allies and service members, while organisers installed screens at the Ellipse for a further 85,000 free spectators. Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has been a Trump ally since the 2016 convention; Linda McMahon, the Secretary of …

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