Eric Trump denied allegations that he asked UFC fighter Daniel Cormier via direct message whether any fights at a White House event would be rigged, claiming the screenshots Cormier posted were AI-fabricated. Cormier had shared the screenshots on X before deleting the post, and the incident occurred the day Trump hosted a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn to celebrate his 80th birthday on the same day the U.S. reached an initial agreement to end the Iran war. The core facts — that screenshots were posted, denied, and attributed to AI — are confirmed across five major news outlets, though whether the messages were authentic, fabricated, or AI-generated remains contested.