Hunter Biden just challengedDonald Trump Jr. to a cage match, and it isn’t the first time. What led to this over-the-top ask? The story actually begins with Joe Rogan.
Former POTUS Joe Biden’s son recently posted a lengthy rant on X, criticizing Rogan and the UFC Freedom 250 fight on the White House lawn. And while that’s kind of expected, the story doesn’t end there.
Earlier in the week, on his podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ Rogan spoke with author Chase Hughes about the UFC fight night backlash, saying, “I talked a bunch of people into going that didn’t want to. Like Shane Gilliswas thinking about not going. I’m like, ‘Bro, you got to go. It’s going to be epic.’ It’s going to be a once ever thing. Not once in a lifetime. Once in anybody’s lifetime. It’s never happened before. It’s probably never going to happen again.”
He also got into the politics of the event, saying, “So many people are trying to make it a partisan thing. Like they’re made at people for being there.”
Enter Hunter Biden. In a very public letter to Rogan, posted on X, Biden starts with, “I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.”
Biden does admit, “For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you.” He continued, “And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.”
If you’re wondering what Biden took issue with, he goes on to write, “My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not whoever happens to hold power at the moment. The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people.”
The former President’s son continued, “The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar. The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker. The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.”
Biden ends his letter with, “P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.”
If the invitation for a Biden vs. Trump cage match seems familiar, that’s because this is the second time that Hunter has thrown down the gauntlet.
Last April, Biden announced YouTuber Andrew Callaghan’s Carnival Tour, sharing, “I think he’s trying to organize a cage match, me versus Eric and Don Jr. I told him I’d do it. 100% in if he can pull it off.” Of course, the cage match never happened. And most likely, neither will this one.