Donald Trump arrives at UFC 309 to HUGE cheers from fans as President Elect and Dana White’s pal takes in historic PPV

DONALD TRUMP was greeted by a deafening chorus of cheers from combat fans arsenic helium made a sensational accomplishment astatine UFC 309.

The 45th and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States attended 3 of the MMA leader's pay-per-view events past year.

Each lawsuit saw the 78-year-old person an unthinkable absorption from fans.

But the effect helium got successful his archetypal large nationalist outing since defeating Kamala Harris successful the elections earlier this period was retired of the world.

The electrical Madison Square Garden assemblage erupted arsenic the business mogul came up connected the large surface during the intermission betwixt the prelims and main card.

And the overwhelming bulk of UFC fans successful attendance undoubtedly gave Trump the biggest cheer of the night.

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The Republican drank successful the sensational reception arsenic Secret Service agents flanked him arsenic helium made his mode to his seat.

Defeaning chants of "USA, USA, USA" bellowed passim 'The World's Most Famous Arena'.

And the fans went ballistic aft the UFC dropped a hype video to beforehand his imminent instrumentality to the White House.

Unlike galore celebrities, Trump is by nary means a caller instrumentality of mixed martial arts' apical promotion.

He's a long-time person of UFC president and CEO Dana White, who has spoken connected his behalf astatine Republican National Conventions successful the past.

He adjacent helped the promotion retired backmost successful 2000 and 2001 by letting them big events astatine the Trump Taj Mahal erstwhile arenas astir the state were turning them away.

And White, who gave a code aft Trump's predetermination earlier this month, feels everlastingly indebted to his friend.

He told Tucker Carlson: "This feline has been truthful bully to maine it's unexplainable.

"He's been a precise bully person to maine since the time I met him.

"When we bought this institution it had specified a atrocious stigma attached to it and the athletics that we couldn't adjacent get into venues, they didn't privation us.

"Donald Trump saw that this happening could perchance beryllium big, positive he's a sports feline who loves sports, and helium offered america to travel bash the lawsuit astatine the Trump Taj Mahal astatine Atlantic City.

"He chopped america a precise just woody and we went down determination and did 2 events with him wherever helium showed up for the archetypal combat and stayed until the past fight.

"Imagine backmost then; Trump marque is mode up, UFC marque is mode down, but helium took america successful and helium was great.

"Everything that ever happened to maine successful my vocation aft that day, the archetypal feline to scope retired and accidental congratulations was Donald Trump; whether it was a missive oregon 1 clip we were connected the screen of the New York Times.

"He said, 'I ever knew you were going to bash it, Dana, congratulations.'

"And helium sent maine the paper. He sent maine a pen 1 clip congratulating me.

"He's ever sending thing to accidental congratulations; a feline who is genuinely blessed for your success."

"This marque was truthful bad, venues didn't adjacent privation us. Arenas didn't privation us," White recalled successful a abstracted interview. "We had a hard clip uncovering venues.

"Trump virtually called us. He said 'Come to my place, bash the lawsuit here. We'll person you astatine the Trump Taj Mahal.'

"We get there, top acceptable up for us. Showed up astatine the archetypal combat and helium was determination until the past fight. "Both times we went there."