Bread and Circuses

                    

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That was how the Roman emperors kept the population happy--free bread and gladiatorial contests. It worked for a while.

And here we are, a couple of thousand years later and our Toddler-in-Chief is throwing himself a birthday party with lightly clothed sweaty men, fighting on the White House lawn.

Because nothing says real class like a cage match. 

An odd fact is that service members are invited to attend--as long as they meet certain physical standards--and pay for their own transportation.

The general public is pretty much excluded from the event--they can watch if they have a streaming service.

And there is no free bread.