UFC star Conor McGregor He arrived at the White House on Monday and will meet with President Donald Trump with the intention of raising awareness of “issues of confronting the people of Ireland.”
MCGRGOR, 36, He appeared alongside White House press secretary Caroline Levitte for a short time in front of the media.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitte listens to being Conor McGregor, the UFC, who speaks with correspondents in the White House briefing room on Monday, March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/EVAN VUCCI)
Levitte confirmed that McGregor will meet the president as well as other administration officials during his visit to the White House.
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“I will say, Connor here to meet President. He will meet with him this afternoon. “We were unable to think about a better guest with us on St. Patrick's day,” she said, noting that the meeting will be discussed at a press conference on Monday afternoon.
McGregor raised many issues with the current situation of politics in its native home in Ireland during its short appearance, and criticized the government for what he called “accountability zero.”
“I am here to raise the issues faced by the people of Ireland. You know, it will be music Ireland people Ears. Because, at all on the main stage, the issues faced by the people of Ireland have been talked.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitte listens to being Conor McGregor, the UFC, who speaks with correspondents in the White House briefing room on Monday, March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/EVAN VUCCI)
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“Our government has long abandoned the voices of the people of Ireland, and it is time for America to happen in what is happening in Ireland. What is going on in Ireland is a farce. Our government is a government of action zero and the accountability of zero.”
McGregor has previously criticized the Irish government. In September, it disturbed a possible presidency in Ireland, describing himself as “the only logical option.”
“As a president, I hold the DáIL call as well as its solution,” he wrote in a post on X, in reference to a branch of the Irish Legislative Authority. “Thus I said before, I was going to get all the answers that the people of Ireland are searching for from these thieves from the working man, these fraudsters in the unity of the family, and these destroyers for small companies, and the birth!”
The Irish Micheál Martin, to the right, is offered to President Donald Trump with a bowl of alfalfa during the event of St. Patrick in the Eastern Chamber of the White House on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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“The people of Ireland deserve the answers they are looking for. An empty point. This will be my strength as a president. I know very well. Ireland needs an active president working entirely by the people of Ireland. It is me. I am the only logical option. 2025 is coming …”
Micheál Martin's visit to Micheál Martin met with Trump at the Oval Office.
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