Dana White has lengthy spoken of his friendship with former President Donald Trump, and his assist might be loud very quickly.
Based on the Wall Road Journal, the UFC president is about to offer a speech at subsequent week’s Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee.
Not solely will White communicate, however the WSJ says White’s speech will come proper earlier than Trump’s, the place he’ll settle for the GOP nomination for this yr’s election.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump, UFC president Dana White, and Child Rock pose fora picture throughout the UFC 295 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard on November 11, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
Trump has been noticed at quite a few UFC occasions through the years. Most lately, he was at UFC 302 in Newark for the Islam Makhachev-Dustin Poirier bout, simply two days after he was discovered responsible on all counts of falsifying enterprise information within the first diploma.
Previous to that, he was at UFC 299 in Miami, simply hours after a rally in Georgia the place he gave White reward.
“Dana White has achieved an awesome job. I hope he would not run for workplace in opposition to me. He is achieved a incredible job. It is a neater enterprise than politics,” Trump stated on the March 9 rally.
UFC president Dana White and former United States president Donald Trump attend the UFC 296 occasion at T-Cellular Enviornment on December 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
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“It is the closest factor I can see actually reflective of the election course of that we’ve on this nation, the UFC fights. Which may be somewhat tamer than the election enterprise,” he joked.
Trump took in 4 UFC occasions final yr, together with UFC 287 (additionally in Miami) and UFC 296 (in Las Vegas) to observe Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington, respectively, who’ve each proven their assist for Trump. Each fighters misplaced their respective bouts.
He additionally went to UFC 290 in Las Vegas and UFC 295 at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and UFC president Dana White are seen in attendance throughout the UFC 287 occasion at Kaseya Middle on April 08, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
White spoke at a number of Trump rallies in 2020 in addition to the 2016 RNC in Cleveland.
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