The White House UFC event (UFC Freedom 250) is only available on Paramount+ despite the administration describing it as a gift to Americans. Paramount's exclusive streaming deal with UFC controls distribution — the event is free with a subscription but unavailable to Americans without one, which creates a gap between the framing and (Note: The original claim about funding the event itself rather than taxpayers appears to be correct based on available sources.) so the critique is about messaging mismatch, not public spending.