Mixed martial arts combatant Conor McGregor announced his tally for Ireland’s presidency connected Thursday, pushing for an anti-immigration stance conscionable days aft gathering pinch United States President Donald Trump astatine nan White House.
“Ireland, nan prime is yours and it is an easy one,” McGregor said connected X, formerly Twitter. “Vote for maine arsenic your president and we will SAVE IRELAND TOGETHER!”
In a abstracted post, nan erstwhile UFC prima expressed his guidance to nan European Union Migration Pact, a group of rules to evenly administer migration, asylum, separator guidance and integration claims much evenly crossed nan bloc.
“Any different Presidential campaigner they effort to put guardant will beryllium of nary guidance to them. I will!” McGregor wrote.
McGregor, who garnered a monolithic pursuing among blimpish men successful nan U.S., made his announcement nan aforesaid week he met pinch Trump astatine nan White House, wherever he told nan president his “work ethic is inspiring.”

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At nan White House, McGregor besides made anti-immigration comments, stating, “Ireland is astatine nan cusp of perchance losing its Irishness.”
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin slammed McGregor’s sojourn to nan White House successful a social media station Monday, stating “Conor McGregor’s remarks are wrong, and do not bespeak nan tone of St. Patrick’s Day, aliases nan views of nan group of Ireland.”
McGregor, a salient fig successful nan “manosphere,” has faced aggregate allegations of intersexual assault. He is presently facing a suit by a female accusing him of sexually assaulting her successful nan bath astatine nan Kaseya Center during nan 2023 NBA finals successful Miami. Last year, a Dublin assemblage recovered McGregor liable for sexually assaulting a female successful a edifice penthouse successful 2018.
Rachel Morrogh, nan main executive of nan Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, told nan Guardian that McGregor’s sojourn to nan White House was “sinister,” calling it “an effort to rebuild nan very damaged estimation of Conor McGregor.”
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“I deliberation what has really shocked america is that nan agency of nan president of nan United States, which is truthful respected and truthful revered, is being utilized to launder Conor McGregor’s reputation,” Morrogh said.