Conor McGregor urges Ireland citizens to vote him as country's president after meeting with Trump

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Perhaps President Donald Trump motivated Conor McGregor to marque a vocation change.

The UFC combatant wrote successful a lengthy Instagram station connected Thursday implying that helium volition beryllium moving for president of his location state of Ireland, days aft visiting Trump successful the White House.

McGregor said helium opposes a measure regarding the EU Migration Pact and urged radical to ballot for him.

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Conor McGregor of Ireland prepares to combat Dustin Poirier during the UFC 264 lawsuit astatine T-Mobile Arena connected July 10, 2021 successful Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

"Ireland indispensable afloat instrumentality the EU Migration Pact by June 12, 2026. So betwixt present and 12 June 2026, respective pieces of authorities person to beryllium passed by some Houses of the Oireachtas & past signed by the President… Who other volition basal up to Government and reason this bill?… I will!" McGregor wrote successful his post.

"It is the radical of Irelands choice! Always! That is simply a existent democracy!.. This is the aboriginal of Ireland with maine arsenic President. All citizens of Ireland to person a dependable and a prime connected their future! God bless our people. Vote McGregor and person your dependable heard!"

McGregor criticized the Irish authorities astatine the White House successful an effort to rise consciousness of "the issues the radical of Ireland face."

McGregor, 36, appeared alongside White House property caput Karoline Leavitt for a little quality earlier the media.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt listens arsenic UFC combatant Conor McGregor speaks with reporters successful the briefing country of the White House connected Monday, March 17, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"Our authorities has agelong since abandoned the voices of the radical of Ireland, and it's precocious clip that America is made alert of what's going connected successful Ireland. What is going connected successful Ireland is simply a travesty. Our authorities is simply a authorities of zero enactment and zero accountability," helium said this week.

In September, helium teased a imaginable statesmanlike run in Ireland, calling himself the "only logical choice."

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