Donald Trump actually likes Conor McGregor’s tattoos.
On Wednesday, the President of the US met with Eire’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin contained in the Oval Workplace as a part of his St. Patrick’s Day agenda.
Whereas the 2 hung out discussing a slew of political matters, reporters added somewhat levity to the assembly once they requested Trump who his favourite Irish particular person is.
As a substitute of naming somebody like Bono, Colin Farrel, or Cillian Murphy, ’47’ shouted out the previous UFC champ-champ.
“Oh, there’s so many—are you kidding me? Effectively, I do occur to love your fighter; he’s bought the very best tattoos I’ve ever seen,” Trump stated. “Conor’s nice, proper? I’m speaking about Conor, however you have got quite a lot of nice Irish fighters, really. Nice fighters.”
“I don’t know what that’s, however Eire’s at all times had quite a lot of actually good fighters. You realize why? As a result of they’re powerful individuals,” Trump concluded. “They’re good individuals, and so they’re passionate individuals.”
Donald Trump might like conor McGregor, however He’s not the POTUS’ favourite fighter
Contemplating Trump’s lengthy affiliation with the Ultimat Combating Championship, naming a combined martial artist is just not all that shocking. McGregor has additionally been a protracted supporter of Trump, even attending the POTUS’ inauguration in January alongside Logan and Jake Paul.
Nonetheless, ‘Mystic Mac’ threw some shade at Trump after he dubbed Khabib Nurmagomedov his favourite fighter.
McGregor has not competed contained in the Octagon since struggling a leg break within the opening spherical of his UFC 264 conflict with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. McGregor was scheduled to return in June for a battle with ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler, however he finally bowed out of the bout after breaking his pinky toe while coaching.
