Some of the biggest names in Maga Combat and Politics were crossed during a Power Slap event in Las Vegas, where the president of the UFC, Dana White, finally met the Kickboxer and accused the trafficker of human beings Andrew Tate.
With his brother, Tristan, Andrew praised the promoter MMA before the 12th episode of the WHITE slap circuit.
“Ready to meet you,” may be heard Tristan saying to White in one of the videos that have since surfaced on social networks.
Tates recently fled Romania, where they face the trafficking in human beings, accusations of organized crime and money laundering, as well as a rape for the 38 -year -old social media influencer Andrew. They both deny the allegations.
The brothers arrived in Florida last week, only to discover that the prosecutor general of the James Uthmeier state launched an investigation into the exceptional allegations against them – whichrew described as “absolute communism”. The brothers have since arrived in Nevada, where they were welcomed by White on Friday evening.
Like White, the tates are ardent supporters of Trump, and Andrew claimed to be “ very close ” with the Trump family, including Barron, 18.
Dana White is seen to greet Andrew Tate and her brother Tristan Friday in Las Vegas
White had apparently never met the Tate brothers, who are also proud of Maga’s supporters
Andrew Tate speaks to the media when he arrived from Romania, after the prosecutors raised a ban on travel linked to the criminal charges against him and his brother Tristan on February 27
Of course, there is a considerably public animosity towards Andrew, an self-proclaimed misogynist, which has become famous for reality TV and has since allegedly earned $ 600,000 per month of 75 employees working in its webcam company.
As a result, White also faced Vitriol Tate criticism on Friday.
“Power Slap is only a diagram for the influencers of griffal on the right to network,” wrote a critic on X in response to images of White’s meeting with the tates.
“Should be an incredible exchange of best practices of domestic violence,” added another, referring to the viral 2023 clip by White gutting his wife in Mexico.
“And the verdict is that we should all boycott the UFC,” followed another critic.
The two US-UK American citizens, the Tates were prohibited from leaving Romania while waiting for their criminal investigation. They are also faced with criminal procedures in the United Kingdom for human trafficking and rape complaints dating from 2012 and 2015.
Tristan and Andrew Tate are seen smoking cigars after their arrival in Florida in Romania
Their return to the United States remains somewhat opaque.
The American lawyer of Tates, Joseph McBride, said that he would not comment on any potential state department or the involvement of the White House after his customers in the country. Trump officials also contributed to comments on the subject, while Trump himself said he was not aware of the situation before walking the issue.
However, sources told Financial Times in February that US officials had discussed the Tate brothers in a telephone call with representatives of the Romanian government.
In addition, Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell was said to have approached the case with Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu at the Munich Security Conference in mid-February. A source told the FT that a request had been made to return the passports of the tates and allow their return to the United States when they await the conclusion of their trial on sex trafficking. Hurezeanu confirmed to Euronews that he had spoken with Grenell, but denied having faced any pressure to allow the tates to leave Romania.
“I did not perceive this declaration as a pressure, just a repetition of a known position,” said Hurezeanu. “I do not know what pressures of another nature were done before or after, but what I discussed with Mr. Grenell was cordial, informal, in short, non -binding and I certainly detected any form of pressure.”
After their arrival in the United States, McBride published a statement saying that the tates feel safe in America for several reasons, the main one being that Donald Trump is the president.
Trump speaks with Dana White (left) during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in 2024
White’s relationship with Trump is much less wrapped.
Trump hit the president and chief executive officer of the UFC to speak for him in the last three republican national conventions, which has led a lot to wonder if he would play a bigger role in the White House at some point.
“Its base is the basis of Trump,” said Kellyanne Conway, former Trump’s White House advisor to the New York Times of White. “And Trump’s base is its base.”
White, however, minimized any potential Trump appointment.
“Donald Trump is one of my very good friends,” White on Sports Business Journal said through a spokesperson. “He did an excellent job during his last mandate as president, and I know that he will do an even better job in the next four years. I have no personal political aspirations.
In addition, White can provide greater service to Trump through what the New York Times calls “cage matches policy”. Trump is now making regular cage appearances during UFC events, where combat fans – and the fighters themselves – showed the former president of Adlation.
White recently spoke on behalf of Trump before the inauguration last month.
He concentrated the first part of his speech on the victory of Trump 312-226 at the college on Kamala Harris and his advantage of 1.5% in the popular vote.
“Not only won the 86 -point electoral college, but President Trump was the first Republican candidate in 20 years to win the popular vote,” said White. “He also made huge gains among traditional democratic voters by increasing his support for Latin, American, black and young Asian voters.
“So what does that tell us?” Asked White, rhetorically. “Democracy is very lively in this country. And the people spoke loud and clear: America wants President Trump to return to the White House.
White, Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, pose for a photo while they attend the UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, November 16
White also portrayed Trump as a hero to overcome the media, the legal system and even an assassin ball during his campaign.
“Think about this, winning this election after everything that has happened in recent years is an incredible achievement and an incredible story of return,” said White. “Think of all the things that President Trump had to go through to come back here, all the powerful forces that tried to make him fall: the consumer media, the partisan prosecutors, the assassins.
“It’s absolutely crazy what this man experienced. And only President Trump could have fought through all these obstacles, all the attacks and always get the winner.
Likewise, Andrew Tate described himself as a victim of the media, telling journalists in Florida that he and his brother are “widely misunderstood”.
“There are a lot of opinions about us who move on the internet,” Andrew said in a statement. “We have not yet been condemned for any crime of our lives. We have no criminal record on the planet.
McBride said that his clients were victims of “law” – a term that Trump used to describe the criminal charges and the surveys he was confronted.
Uthmeier a countered with the own public statements of the tates.
“These guys themselves admitted publicly having participated in what seems to be soliciting, trafficking, attacking women around the world,” said Uthmeier on Tuesday.
