Joe Rogan told the outrage machine to stuff it this week, and the establishment proved his point.

"Like, it's a f---ing fight at the White House," Rogan said on his Wednesday podcast, dismissing critics of the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn. "Doesn't mean you endorse foreign policy. Like, shut the f--- up."

Enter Hunter Biden, who took to social media Thursday to call the event "bread and circuses" and an "exhibition of imperial domination" by Trump. "The White House does not belong to Donald Trump," Biden wrote. "To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for."

PBS commentators Capehart and Brooks sneered at the event as "degrading" and evidence of "cultural decline," Fox News reported. A left-wing historian likened it to lynching-era spectacles. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck fired back, reminding Biden that his father's White House hosted a transgender activist who exposed fake breasts on the lawn.

But while the political class clutches pearls over a fight on the lawn, they're silent about the real power play underway inside the building.

According to WDIV, more than $350 million from Trump's tax cuts bill has been quietly redirected to White House security — funds that Senate Budget Committee Democrats say are effectively bankrolling Trump's new ballroom, despite the president's repeated promises that no taxpayer money would be used. The money was pulled from accounts meant for Secret Service hiring and training after last year's assassination attempts. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he didn't know about it. "The president said that it was all going to be paid for with private money," the Iowa Republican told reporters. "And that's what the country expects." The Washington Post reports the ballroom price tag has ballooned to $600 million, with taxpayers on the hook for more than half. Trump ordered the demolition of the historic East Wing to build it.

Then there's the Iran deal. After Israel's Operation Epic Fury eliminated dozens of senior Iranian officials — including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, his military chief, defense minister, and the IRGC's top command, according to Breitbart — Trump signed a 14-point agreement at the Palace of Versailles to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But according to NBC News, the deal doesn't address Iran's ballistic missile program, a stated war goal. Trump conceded he signed it to prevent "economic catastrophe," and told reporters that if Saudi Arabia and Qatar have missiles, "it's a little bit unfair for Iran not to have some." Iran's state media quoted him approvingly. The White House hasn't formally published the deal text; a U.S. official told NBC its release was delayed at Iran's request.

Schumer called it "payoff through weakness." For once, he might not be wrong.

And in a fitting metaphor for the whole operation, the $14.2 million "industrial strength" sealant Trump promised would keep the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool pristine for a century started peeling off within days. Tourists are pocketing chunks of the failed blue coating as souvenirs, The Guardian reported.

The White House belongs to the people. The question is who's writing the check — and who's cashing it.