Dana White is as soon as once more stepping as much as help his longtime pal Donald Trump.
The UFC CEO is anticipated to introduce Trump when he accepts his nomination to run for president on the Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 18.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the information citing marketing campaign officers from Trump’s workforce.
This in the end serves as White’s third look talking for Trump forward of an election after he appeared at each the 2016 and 2020 Republican Nationwide Conventions.
Whereas White insists that he doesn’t dip his toes too far into politics, he’s change into a relentless ally to Trump, usually inviting him to UFC occasions the place he sits cageside to benefit from the fights.
White’s relationship with Trump goes again many years after the previous president gave the UFC a house at his arenas in New Jersey when the promotion was struggling to seek out anybody prepared to do enterprise with them. The UFC boss usually references that relationship at any time when he discusses supporting Trump and his candidacy for president.
White even made a video for Trump that helped introduce him to TikTok after he launched an account following a UFC occasion the place he was in attendance.
His loyalty to Trump has even prolonged into enterprise dealings with the UFC after White revealed that he went off on a sponsor who requested that he take down a social media submit exhibiting help for the previous president.
“I posted a video for Trump on my private social media,” White said this past November. “Considered one of our massive sponsors referred to as and stated, ‘Take that down.’ You already know what I stated? Go f*ck your self.
“You vote for whoever you need to vote for, and I’ll vote for whoever I need to vote for. That’s how this works. I don’t even care who you’re voting for. It’s none of my f*cking enterprise. F*ck you. Don’t ever f*cking name me and inform me who to vote for.”
White now places his help for Trump on the primary stage on the Republican Nationwide Conference as he introduces him simply earlier than he formally turns into the nominee forward of the 2024 election.
