Donald Trump headed again to Madison Sq. Backyard with prime lieutenants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy to absorb one other UFC struggle night time, however this time because the president-elect.
Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications, shot video of Trump boarding his aircraft to New York, the place he’ll attend UFC 309 at Madison Sq. Backyard. Trump traveled with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he named earlier this week as his choose to run the Division of Well being and Human Providers. Kennedy, who started the 2024 marketing campaign as a Democratic candidate, suspended his bid and joined forces with Trump in August, turning into a strong surrogate and an in depth confidante within the last months of the race.
There have been rumors Trump would attend extra fights within the octagon after attending quite a few UFC occasions previously.
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Donald Trump talks with UFC President Dana White throughout UFC 290 at T-Cell Enviornment July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Getty Pictures)
Vivek Ramaswamy, an early 2024 Republican presidential candidate who dropped out of the race and threw his help behind Trump, tweeted out a picture of him with Child Rock on the Madison Sq. Backyard struggle. It was not clear in the event that they flew with Trump or traveled individually.
Trump and UFC President Dana White are longtime pals, the latter making a number of appearances throughout Trump’s marketing campaign main as much as the election.
White, who stated Trump is a “massive fan” of blended martial arts, was requested to substantiate rumors Trump was heading to the Backyard throughout an interview with TMZ Sports activities.
“I feel that something is feasible,” White stated with a smile. “Who is aware of? He might pop in.”
White added {that a} majority of his group’s fan base has proven like to Trump through the years.
“When you consider fighter walkouts, at any time when a fighter walks out to the [octagon], I imply, the 2 largest that really shake the sector are President Trump and Conor McGregor,” White stated. “If he comes [Saturday] night time, it should positively be enjoyable.”
Dana White speaks subsequent to former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, throughout a rally at Palm Seaside County Conference Heart in West Palm Seaside, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Trump confirmed up on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey, for UFC 302 in June, the place a thunderous applause rained down from the gang.
Now that Trump will probably be sworn in because the forty seventh president of the USA, the response when Trump is noticed on the “World’s Most Well-known Enviornment” is anticipated to be deafening.
Former Bellator light-weight champion Michael Chandler, who’s again within the octagon after greater than two years since his final struggle, is a famous Trump supporter and believed he could be in attendance.
“I did see Trump, and he stated, “I’ll both be there on Nov. 16 as a result of we gained the election, or, if I misplaced, I’ll be depressed, and I gained’t present up.’ Clearly, he gained the election, so it seems like he’s going to be there,” Chandler stated.
Chandler added that profitable his struggle in entrance of Trump could be an “honor.”
Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci, File)
Chandler is part of the co-main occasion for UFC 309 and can struggle Charles Oliveira. Jon “Bones” Jones additionally enters the octagon after a protracted hiatus and will probably be an awesome favourite over Stipe Miocic.
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