Conor McGregor criticised for posing with Nigel Farage ahead of Donald Trump inauguration

The Irishman flew retired to Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump, but has been criticised aft pictures emerged online of the MMA prima posing with Reform UK person Nigel Farage

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has faced disapproval aft posing with Reform UK person Nigel Farage connected Sunday.

The Irishman was photographed smiling and shaking hands with the British MP aft the 36-year-old flew to Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump. Mr Trump volition beryllium sworn successful to his 2nd word successful the White House today, 8 years aft helium archetypal took oath of the office.

In a station uploaded to societal media, McGregor wrote: "Honour to beryllium successful Washington, D.C., to enactment @realDonaldTrump the recently elected person of the escaped world, and to basal with the 13 families who mislaid their loved ones astatine Abbey Gate." McGregor was referring to an incidental successful which an ISIS termination bomber launched an onslaught astatine Abbey Gate extracurricular Kabul Airport successful Afghanistan successful 2021 - sidesplitting 13 American work members and much than 100 guiltless Afghans.

In a abstracted station uploaded to X - formerly known arsenic Twitter - the Irishman shared a drawback of the 2 together, captioning it: “We are truthful back!” - @Nigel_Farage #MyBrother. After grinning into the camera, the 2 seemed to beryllium the champion of friends, however, McGregor has faced immoderate instrumentality online pursuing the picture.

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It's just to accidental that the representation of the brace hasn't gone down good with many, with connected idiosyncratic writing: "Well, archer your 'brother' to halt acting similar a stereotypical person and commencement acting similar himself again." Another posted: "You were an implicit joke. Now you're worse. You look to get worse and worse."

A 3rd commented: "Ewww. @Nigel_Farage what are you f*****g doing, for f**** sake?" While a 4th posted: "Just, erstwhile you thought Conor couldn't spell lower." Another wrote: "What a brace of horrible w******." A sixth replied to the photo: "Hang your caput successful shame."

McGregor jetted retired to America from Dublin Aiport connected Saturday with his long-time manager John Kavanagh. Kavanagh shared a photograph of himself and 'The Notorious' earlier boarding a backstage jet, commenting connected it: "Will beryllium a memorable birthday! Heading to the inauguration with the champchamp, acknowledgment for the invitation @thenotoriousmma we've had immoderate memorable Jan18ths!."

The MMA combatant lost a civilian intersexual battle case successful November. McGregor has been ordered to wage Nikita Hand £200,000 aft helium was recovered liable of assaulting the woman, who accused him of raping her successful a Dublin edifice six years ago. The 36-year-old has since stated that helium will beryllium appealing the decision, but the Irishman has been dropped by a fig of sponsors pursuing the ruling.

At the pre-inauguration, Trump declared his supporters had “built a caller American bulk that volition pb our state to occurrence for generations to come." He told supporters: “Tomorrow, astatine noon, the curtain closes connected 4 agelong years of American decline, and we statesman a brand-new time of American spot and prosperity, dignity and pride,” earlier adding: “We not lone won a mandate, but we built a caller American bulk that volition pb our state to occurrence for generations to come.”