UFC President Dana White recently sat down with Yahoo Sports to discuss a variety of topics, including his support for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Trump has become a regular at UFC pay-per-view events in recent times, with the UFC hosting specialty outings for the former president and highlighting his presence cageside throughout the broadcast.
The approach has not been without criticism, but White has defended the practice and explained his own support for Trump, which has included speaking at the Republican National Convention and various political talk shows on 24-hour news channels.
On his public support for Trump, including during a recent appearance on CNN
Dana Blanc: When it comes to talking about politics, everybody knows my long friendship and history with Donald Trump. Otherwise, you don’t really see me getting involved in politics or trying to get on any of these political shows. And even when I do talk on political shows, I’m talking to everybody. I don’t just talk to the right. I talk to the right, the left, the independents.
I talk to everybody, because when you look at all the bullshit that’s going on in politics today, I don’t care what side you’re on. We’re all Americans. We all want the same things. We want to make a good living. We want to have a house, we want to have a car. We want to feel safe in our hometown and certainly in our homes, and we want to take care of our families. No matter what your social status is and what you want, we all want the same things. And what I’m trying to say is, let’s stop with all this bullshit. We’re all Americans. I’m not telling anybody how to vote. I’m not telling anybody how to think. I’m just telling everybody the relationship that I’ve had with this man for twenty-some years, who he really is, what kind of person he really is, and what kind of people his family is. They’re good people. So that’s really it for me.
Trump’s walkouts in the style of fighters highlighted in UFC broadcasts
DW: It’s true when you walk out, but you see how the crowd reacts? It’s off the charts. Now, if (Joe) Biden came to a UFC event, I would treat Biden the same way. I probably wouldn’t walk out, but if Biden was there, we would cover the fact that the President of the United States — or if (Barrack) Obama or (George) Bush or any of those guys came to an event — we would treat them with the same respect. A former President of the United States or a sitting President shows up at your event, you show them respect.
It’s just like what happened with Trump, the assassination attempt. If somebody tried to assassinate Biden or any of the past presidents of the United States, I would be absolutely disgusted, just like I was with the attempted assassination of Trump. I’m an American and whoever is president of the United States is my president. You don’t hear me running around screaming that this guy is not my president. Whoever is the incumbent president or former president…
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