{"id":783,"date":"2025-03-17T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/2025\/03\/17\/mcgregor-trump-set-to-meet-after-president-admits-hes-a-fan\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:04:21","slug":"mcgregor-trump-set-to-meet-after-president-admits-hes-a-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"McGregor, Trump set to meet after President admits he&#8217;s a fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Donald Trump expressed admiration for UFC star Conor McGregor during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin on Wednesday, March 12, in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, known for his outspoken personality and in-cage success, has long divided opinion. While some praise his achievements in the sport, others believe his controversies outside of it have tarnished his legacy. Despite this, Trump has not shied away from discussing the Irishman\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do happen to like your fighter,&#8221; Trump told Martin. &#8220;He&#8217;s got the best tattoo I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump says he\u2019s a fan of Conor McGregor:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got the best tattoos I\u2019ve ever seen. Conor\u2019s great\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s always had a lot of good fighters. You know why, because they\u2019re tough people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/LDgUslJiX9<br \/>\n\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) March 12, 2025<\/p>\n<p>This comes after a brief rift between McGregor and Trump when the former U.S. president declared Khabib Nurmagomedov as his favorite UFC fighter. However, tensions eased when McGregor was later invited to attend the Starlight Ball alongside other high-profile celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Trump praised Ireland\u2019s history of producing elite fighters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conor\u2019s great, right? You have a lot of great Irish fighters, actually. Great fighters. I don\u2019t know what that is, but Ireland\u2019s always had a lot of good fighters,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Do] you know why? Because they&#8217;re tough people. They&#8217;re smart people, and they&#8217;re passionate people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to President Trump&#8217;s comments, McGregor announced he was traveling to Washington to meet the new President.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea \ud83e\udd1d \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/jD71Fx3R5u<br \/>\n\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, who&#8217;s been involved in political debate regarding his native Ireland&#8217;s future, has previously hinted at running for Prime Minister of Ireland.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump expressed admiration for UFC star Conor McGregor during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin on Wednesday, March 12, in the Oval Office. McGregor, known for his outspoken personality and in-cage success, has long divided opinion. While some praise his achievements in the sport, others believe his controversies outside of it have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}