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Trump’s Longtime Ally Dana White Suddenly Ends ‘Bad’ Politics

Trump’s Longtime Ally Dana White Suddenly Ends ‘Bad’ Politics

Veal White He wants to go out.

After nearly ten years of trying to help his friend Donald Trump UFC boss says he occupied the Oval Office New Yorker “He wants nothing to do with politics.”

“I’ll never do this again,” he told the magazine. “I don’t want anything to do with this thing. Disgusting. Disgusting.”

These words came after Trump gave a speech. victory lap with a team that included last Saturday’s UFC fight Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbardand musician Kid Rock.

White himself joined the group after endorsing Trump at this year’s Republican National Convention and supporting him on the campaign trail.

The promoter has remained loyal to Trump for years after Trump agreed to host UFC fights at the bankrupt Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City in 2001, at a time when most venues deemed cage fighting too violent.

Originally marketed as a blood sport with no gloves and virtually no rules, mixed martial arts had virtually vanished by the time White took over. New Yorker reported.

Trump told the crowd at his election night party that his friend’s love of MMA was contagious before handing the microphone to White, 55.

“No one deserves this more than him, and no one deserves this more than his family,” White told the crowd. “He is the most resilient and hard-working man I have ever met.”

White was also responsible for securing the president-elect’s appearances on right-leaning podcasts, helping Trump convey his message to millions of young listeners, especially young men.

in 2016 said He “will always be grateful to her for standing with us in those early days — so grateful,” he said at the Republican National Convention. That’s why I stand with Donald Trump tonight.”

in 2018 visited Trump was at the White House and called on the then-president to attend the UFC event. Two years later, during the 2020 elections donated He gave $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC and attended its political rallies.

That’s nearly a decade of service to Team Trump. But now Trump is entering his second term and probably After his final term in office in January, White is suddenly ready to end politics.