‘Ridiculous’ Trump slammed for going to UFC fight during Iran negotiations - BERITAJA

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Trump had already waved disconnected the talks earlier successful the day, saying, “I don’t care.” “Whether we make a woody aliases not makes nary quality to me,” he added. Hours later, he arrived astatine Miami’s Kaseya Center for UFC 327 to a blaring soundtrack of Kid Rock, greeting podcaster Joe Rogan arsenic he took his seat. Meanwhile, the Iran talks stretched for about 21 hours successful Islamabad earlier ending wherever they started without a deal. “The bad news is that we person not reached a deal,” Vance told reporters.

Trump entered the arena pinch UFC president Dana White, pumping his fist and pointing to fans arsenic he made his measurement to his seat, surrounded by a rotating formed of family and MAGA allies. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hovered nearby, astatine 1 constituent leaning successful to show the president thing connected his phone. Trump’s children, including Don Jr., Ivanka and Tiffany, moved successful and retired of his orbit.

The president showed small outward reaction, offering tight smiles for the cameras, a thumbs-up for the winners and different keeping his attraction connected the fights unfolding successful beforehand of him alternatively than those 8,000 miles away.

Backlash

Images of Trump ringside while diplomacy collapsed drew contiguous condemnation from MSNBC’s The Weekend panel. Co-host Jacqueline Alemany group up the chat by stepping done the timeline, noting that while Vance and his delegation were engaged successful marathon negotiations pinch Iran, Trump flew to Miami. She cited The New York Times, which described Trump arsenic watching the fights “impassively” arsenic “blood and saliva sprayed retired from the fighters successful beforehand of him.”

Co-host Jonathan Capehart reacted sharply and said, “It’s ridiculous! He should beryllium successful the Situation Room!” he said. “If he’s superior astatine each about a deal, though he said earlier going to Florida—”

Co-host Eugene Daniels trim in, “He don’t care! He’s proving that he doesn’t care!”

“Does not springiness a damn!” Capehart added.

Daniels based on that Trump didn’t moreover fuss to “pretend” to attraction about the developments successful the talks. “He’s evidently proving to the American people, to the world, that he really doesn’t really attraction because different he would astatine slightest dress to beryllium — if not successful the Situation Room, astatine slightest astatine the White House,” Daniels said. “Hell, he could moreover beryllium astatine his wintertime White House, hanging out! Pretending that, astatine the extremity of the day, he is paying attraction to what’s happening retired there.”

“What if thing happened?!” Daniels added. “I conscionable deliberation that it is shocking — not astonishing — that he chose to bent retired there.”

Democrats heap on

The disapproval extended beyond television. Democrats connected the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote, “The Secretary of State skipped the Iran negotiations successful Pakistan to be a UFC fight. So did the Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, moreover arsenic Pakistan has nary confirmed U.S. ambassador.” 

The Secretary of State skipped the Iran negotiations successful Pakistan to be a UFC fight. So did the Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, while Pakistan has nary confirmed U.S. ambassador.

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— House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems (@HouseForeign) April 12, 2026

They added, “Tens of thousands of Americans are successful harm’s way. Gas prices are rising. This is not superior leadership. It’s amateur hour,” according to The Guardian.

Trump’s post-fight response

Trump said connected Truth Social that “most points were agreed to” during the negotiations but emphasized that the atomic rumor remained unresolved and was “the only constituent that really mattered.”

In a station announcing the blockade, Trump wrote, “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest successful the World, will statesman the process of BLOCKADING immoderate and each Ships trying to enter, aliases leave, the Strait of Hormuz.” He called Iran’s position complete the strait “extortion,” and said: “I person besides instructed our Navy to activity and interdict each alloy successful International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. We will besides statesman destroying the mines the Iranians laid successful the Straits.”

The blockade announcement dimmed hopes that the warfare would extremity soon and threatened to deepen the economical strain already hitting world markets since Iran began restricting entree to the strait, a chokepoint that carries about a 5th of the world’s oil.