Donald Trump arrives to raucous reception at UFC 309 with Dana White, Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Donald Trump has made his expansive entranceway astatine Madison Square Garden for UFC 309 alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Elon Musk and, of course, Dana White.

Only alternatively of chitchatting with his Health of Human Services nominee, billionaire donor and the UFC's CEO, Trump alternatively made a beeline for announcer Joe Rogan, the podcast big who arguably helped the President-elect instrumentality to the White House.  

Rogan gave his endorsement to Trump conscionable 1 time earlier the predetermination aft sitting down with Musk for a two-hour agelong interrogation and hosting the Republican campaigner connected his show.  

The President-elect’s presence had been expected at ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena,’ wherever helium precocious held a blockbuster run rally up of his November 5 electoral victory. Only this clip the 78-year-old conceded the spotlight to heavyweights Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.

Trump didn’t question alone, but alternatively flew to the lawsuit with Kennedy connected his backstage plane. And others from Trump's ellipse besides made appearances, including Informal appointee, Vivek Ramaswamy, who shared a photograph of himself alongside Kid Rock. Donald Trump Jr. was besides seen lurking down his father's entourage connected the mode into the arena. 

White and Trump’s fondness for each different is nary secret. Trump has tapped the UFC President and CEO to talk for him astatine the past 3 Republican National Conventions, starring galore to wonderment if he'd service a greater relation successful the White House astatine immoderate point.

'His basal is Trump's base,' Kellyanne Conway, Trump's erstwhile White House counselor, antecedently told The New York Times of White. 'And Trump's basal is his base.'

White, however, has downplayed immoderate imaginable Trump appointment.

'Donald Trump is 1 of my precise bully friends,' White told Sports Business Journal done a spokesperson. 'He did a large occupation successful his past word arsenic president, and I cognize helium volition bash an adjacent amended occupation the adjacent 4 years. I person nary idiosyncratic governmental aspirations.'

Besides, White whitethorn supply a greater work to Trump done what The New York Times calls 'cage-match politics.' Trump present makes regular cage-side appearances astatine UFC events, wherever combat fans — and the fighters themselves — person showered the erstwhile President with adulation.

The champion illustration of this came connected June 1 astatine UFC 302 successful Newark, wherever Trump was met by thunderous applause arsenic helium strolled onto the Prudential Center level alongside White.

After being feted for respective minutes, Trump shook hands with dozens of onlookers, including announcers Joe Rogan and Jon Anik, earlier making his mode to his spot to ticker lightweight Islam Makhachev decision Dustin Poirier successful the main event.

The country was a melodramatic departure from a time earlier, erstwhile Trump was convicted of 34 counts of fraud successful New York.

Saturday's lawsuit is being held astatine MSG, which hosted a blockbuster Trump rally 2 weeks earlier that whitethorn person helped catapult him backmost into the White House. As was the lawsuit astatine the Republican National Convention, White spoke successful enactment of his friend, Trump, to the MSG assemblage past month. 

Trump aboriginal celebrated that triumph with White astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Palm Beach. 

'Nobody deserves this much than him, and cipher deserves this much than his household does,' White told the assemblage successful Palm Beach. 

'This is what happens erstwhile the instrumentality comes aft you. What you've seen implicit the past respective years, this is what it looks like.

'He keeps going forward, helium doesn't quit. He's the astir resilient, hard-working antheral I've ever met successful your life. His household are unthinkable people. This is karma, ladies and gentlemen. He deserves this, they merit it arsenic a family.'