Conor McGregor made a particular go to to the White Home to talk to President Donald Trump.
The previous two-division UFC champion was a visitor at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday, and never solely did he have a face-to-face assembly with Trump, he additionally had an opportunity to handle the media and share his opinion on ongoing issuers in his native Eire.
Take a look at images and clips of McGregor’s go to under.
In footage posted by Particular Assistant to the President and Communications Advisor Margo Martin, McGregor was heard telling Trump, “Your work ethic is inspiring.”
Conor McGregor takes questions from reporters on the White Home briefing room:
“We want to be taken care of by the large bro. The USA ought to take care of its little bro.”pic.twitter.com/nfTfN3sL1p
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Conor McGregor takes shock questions within the WH briefing room on St. Patrick’s Day and indicators “Make Eire Nice Once more” hat pic.twitter.com/w37LzKvLJU
— Allison Schuster (@AllisonSchuste) March 17, 2025
McGregor, who was born in Dublin, has been a vocal critic of the Irish authorities’s immigration insurance policies, continuously writing political feedback on his Twitter account and suggesting he might run for workplace sooner or later. Throughout an impromptu scrum with reporters, McGregor shared his ideas on Eire’s relationship with the US.
“Eire and America, we’re siblings,” McGregor mentioned. “We take into account America our massive sibling, so it’s vital for Eire to be a peaceable, affluent nation, for the 40 million Irish-People to have a spot to go to. To return again to their dwelling. So we want for our relationship with the US to proceed.
“We want to be taken care of by the large bro. The USA ought to take care of its little bro and that’s how we really feel.”
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was available to welcome McGregor, saying, “We couldn’t consider a greater visitor to have with us on St. Patrick’s Day.” Trump not too long ago praised McGregor in a current assembly with Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin, telling him, “I do occur to love your fighter, he’s acquired the most effective tattoos I’ve ever seen.”
Martin has responded to McGregor’s White Home feedback on social media.
St. Patrick’s Day world wide is a day rooted in group, humanity, friendship and fellowship.
Conor McGregor’s remarks are flawed, and don’t mirror the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, or the views of the folks of Eire.
— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) March 17, 2025
St. Patrick’s Day world wide is a day rooted in group, humanity, friendship and fellowship.
Conor McGregor’s remarks are flawed, and don’t mirror the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, or the views of the folks of Eire.
McGregor, one of the crucial well-liked fighters in fight sports activities historical past, isn’t any stranger to creating headlines outdoors of the cage. This previous November, McGregor was discovered accountable for sexual assault in a civil go well with associated to a December 2018 incident in Dublin, and ordered to pay approx. $258,440 in damages to sufferer Nikita Hand (McGregor and his staff are looking for to attraction the decision). He’s additionally at the moment coping with one other civil lawsuit for sexual assault regarding an alleged incident at a Miami Warmth sport in June 2023.
