President Donald Trump is an avid supporter of the UFC, and his fandom even stretches as far conferences with the heads of states from different nations.
On Wednesday, Trump met with Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin as a part of his annual engagements surrounding St. Patrick’s Day. Whereas they spoke quite a bit about commerce agreements and tariffs which have taken heart stage since Trump was inaugurated for his second time period in January, it appears the UFC isn’t removed from the president’s thoughts.
Talking with reporters, Trump really took time to reward former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor alongside along with his common admiration for all fighters coming from Eire.
“I do occur to love your fighter, he’s received the very best tattoos I’ve ever seen,” Trump stated. “Conor’s nice, proper? Speaking about Conor ,however you may have lots of nice Irish fighters really. Nice fighters.
“I don’t know what that’s however Eire’s at all times had lots of actually good fighters. You already know why? As a result of they’re powerful individuals. They’re sensible individuals and so they’re passionate individuals.”
Donald Trump says he’s a fan of Conor McGregor:
“He’s received the very best tattoos I’ve ever seen. Conor’s nice…
Eire’s at all times had lots of good fighters. You already know why, as a result of they’re powerful individuals.”
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In fact, McGregor has been a longtime supporter of Trump and even attended his inauguration earlier this yr in Washington D.C. After arriving in the US for the inauguration, McGregor celebrated by saying he was going to look at Trump “turn out to be double champ” after profitable his preliminary election in 2016 after which profitable once more in 2024.
Whereas Trump praised McGregor on Wednesday, he’s additionally spoken out in assist of one of many Irish famous person’s largest rivals.
Within the leadup to the election this previous November, Trump known as Khabib Nurmagomedov his “favourite fighter” whereas discussing his plans to intervene within the ongoing battle between the Ukraine and Russia.
That didn’t sit too effectively with McGregor, who known as the decide “abysmal” however clearly he didn’t maintain onto any grudges after getting his invitation to attend the inauguration the place he was joined by UFC CEO Dana White, UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and fight sports activities fanatics like Jake Paul and Logan Paul.
