Trump said he is “thinking about getting some of the great sports people who like me a lot” to speak to the convention.
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In the past, Dana White endorsed Trump’s run for President due to their longstanding friendship and Trump supporting UFC after ZUFFA purchased the organization. Mr. Trump asked the crowd.
Unless you’ve recently chose to live the simple life, you understand that Donald Trump has won the Republican nomination for the presidency of the United States of America.
“We’re going to do it a little different, if it’s O.K.”, Trump said.
Trump also mentioned former IN basketball coach Bobby Knight, who has supported the candidate already during the primary season, as well as New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. “U.F.C. Guy’s a champion”.
He wanted these stars to address the convention in Cleveland as examples of “winners” instead of “these people”, or politicians, according to the Times.
Earlier this month the former reality TV star told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview that he was talking to super-agent Ari Emanuel about creating a film commemorating his candidacy to screen at the convention, which will kick off July 18. Donald Trump was the first one to have us come out at the Trump Taj Mahal.
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As the controversial campaign of Trump marches on, an appearance from the most high-profile man in the sport of MMA on one of the largest media stages in the country appears to be a possibility. A fact that led White to tell TMZ this past December he would cast his vote for Trump. We don’t see winners aymore. “You will never hear me say a negative thing about Donald Trump”. We have a bunch of clowns running this country.
