Trump ridiculed after UFC announcer mistakes Melania for Ivanka: 'Birthday wish came true'

Jimmy Kimmel was not about to let a jaw-dropping flub from President Donald Trump's White House UFC event slide.

During the UFC Freedom 250 broadcast on the South Lawn, an announcer mistakenly referred to Melania Trump as "First Lady Ivanka," mixing up the president's wife with his daughter Ivanka Trump. The moment came after lightweight Justin Gaethje's victory, as the fighter introduced his mother, Carolina, to the president and first lady. The clip quickly ricocheted across social media.

Kimmel seized on what the account LateNighter called the "Freudian slip" from the broadcast booth, using it to needle Trump's long-rumored fixation on his eldest daughter.

"The first lady Ivanka," Kimmel said, repeating the gaffe. "I guess somebody's birthday wish came true."

The dig landed on the same weekend Trump turned 80 and threw himself the cage-fighting spectacle on the White House grounds, an event timed to his birthday and billed as part of the nation's 250th-anniversary celebration.

The mix-up was an awkward one for the broadcast, in part because Ivanka Trump was no stranger to the event. A longtime UFC fan, she had been reported to be helping facilitate the planning of the White House fight, lending the slip an extra layer of irony.

The "First Lady Ivanka" blooper instantly became one of the more-shared moments of the night, with viewers expressing disbelief that a broadcaster at a high-profile presidential event could confuse the first lady with the president's daughter, and some calling for the announcer to be replaced. Kimmel simply made sure the line got a national encore.

Panelists on "CNN This Morning" were left momentarily speechless by President Donald Trump's assessment of his relationship with Israel.

The 80-year-old president discussed his Iran peace agreement Tuesday from the G7 summit in France, and he commented on Israeli leadership's apparent objections to the terms of the deal.

"Without the United States, there would be no Israel," Trump said. "Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did. I had a great relationship with Bibi [Netanyahu], but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon."

Four seconds elapsed before any of the panelists offered a reaction.

"Well, that is just," stammered State Department veteran Joel Rubin, breaking the silence. "That is crazy."

"Listen," offered Penny Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for America. "I had 40 Young Women for America leaders that were in Israel last week and had to go underground because of bombing and shelling. They are actively in the middle of a war zone in Israel and Lebanon."

"But did they say 'thank God for Trump or?'" asked host Audie Cornish.

"But Donald Trump is not responsible for the state of Israel's existence," Rubin interjected.

"No, but I'm just saying that it is – absolutely, I'm just saying that I think that Israel has every right to protect themselves," Nance replied, "and I would say that we have to be very clear-eyed about the fact that what's happening in the entire region, and if we can bring other partners like Syria."

"Do you think that's what Trump just said?" Cornish chuckled.

"'If it wasn't for me, there'd be no Israel,' is what he just said," Rubin argued. "That is absolutely counterfactual. There is no truth to that. Donald Trump did not create the state of Israel – he didn't. He joined in a military action alongside Israel against Iran, clearly. But the state of Israel's existence is not dependent upon the president of the United States. We have a relationship."

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Key Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm and frustration over President Donald Trump's refusal to share details of his Iran peace agreement, particularly after Vice President JD Vance revealed the entire deal consists of just one and a half pages.
According to Politico reporter Jordain Carney and Connor O'Brien, GOP lawmakers—especially Iran hawks—are demanding a say in what the president is agreeing to, particularly after Trump dispatched Vance to sign the accord without Senate input.
GOP senators are operating in an "information vacuum," forced to raise concerns and issue uncharacteristic criticism of the White House for keeping them in the dark about a potentially historic agreement.
The frustration is bipartisan in its origins. Even most Republicans agree: Congress needs the details immediately, and any agreement affecting Iran's nuclear program must eventually face a congressional vote.
"If you want a deal to last, it can't be an executive agreement," said Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). "We've got to have a vote of Congress to be able to solidify it long term."
Trump withdrew from the original Iran nuclear agreement in his first term. Now he's back with a deal that—pending text release and final negotiations—could mirror Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). That prospect has infuriated both defense hawks who despised the original agreement and Democrats who believe Trump should never have abandoned it, Politico is reporting.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a prominent defense hawk, told reporters he was "pulling for a deal" while simultaneously raising red flags about serious discrepancies in the terms being described.
"The MOU being described by us sounds really very good; the MOU being described by Iran sounds awful," Graham said, highlighting the fundamental problem: no one knows what's actually in the agreement.
Graham pressed the core issue: "If they can enrich uranium anywhere at all, then it's the same as JCPOA. If they can't enrich, then that makes it a good deal. I'm skeptical that Iran will ever go there to cease enrichment."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged the lack of transparency, admitting Monday there is "probably some expectation" his chamber would eventually vote on the agreement.
"I just don't know enough about it yet, and I don't think even the people who follow this stuff closely up here know that much about it," Thune said, indicating the administration would brief members at some point.
According to the report, Capitol Hill frustration is mounting. Senators expressed exasperation that the text of the signed agreement hasn't been released.
"If it's a secret deal, then how can I take it seriously?" Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) asked bluntly.

FBI Director Kash Patel claimed on Tuesday that his agency, in partnership with other law enforcement partners, foiled an apparent “explosive-drone plot targeting the White House” Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on Sunday.

“On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region – and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” Patel wrote in a statement published on social media.

The New York Post also reported Tuesday that “five suspects” were arrested as part of the operation, which was an alleged “multi-phase terror attack allegedly involved using explosive-laden drone aircraft to strike buildings in the vicinity of the event” designed to spark “mass panic and [drive] the fleeing crowd toward a sniper team poised to pick them off,” details reportedly provided by U.S. officials to Fox News.

“A ‘second wave’ of attackers then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate, officials said,” the Post reported.

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