Ireland MMA Fighter Conor McGregor has an anti-immigration speech to the White House can also be considered a tent to have a support before the country’s presidential election, which was very welcoming for asylum seekers.
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The visit to the Saint-Patrick of Conor McGregor at the White House turned out to be completely hectic. The Irish star of MMA met President Donald Trump and senior officials from the US administration and said: “Ireland is about to lose its Irish.”
McGregor’s visit to the White House occurred a week after Trump welcomed the Prime Minister of the country. Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt described the 36-year-old MMA veteran as the best guest that the White House could have had Saint-Patrick day.
McGregor slams Ireland’s immigration policies
McGregor, who wore a suit with fine green stripes, took the opportunity to launch an attack on immigration policies of the Irish government.
“Our government has long abandoned the voices of the people of Ireland,” said McGregor in the White House press room. “The illegal immigration racket is ravaging in the country.”
“There are rural cities in Ireland that have been exceeded in one game,” he added.
“It is high time that America has been informed of what’s going on in Ireland.”
The Irish government has destroyed Ireland by immigration and friendly media coverage allowed it.
Conor McGregor has just told the whole world what’s going on here.
– Michaelokeeffe (@mick_o_keffe) March 17, 2025
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin quickly sentenced McGregor’s comments. “Conor McGregor’s remarks are wrong and do not reflect the spirit of Saint Patrick, nor the views of the people of Ireland,” said Martin, whose coalition government was re-elected last November on social networks.
Ireland has been one of the most liberal countries in Europe when it comes to accepting asylum seekers, however, they have struggled to welcome a record number of immigrants over the past two years, creating a political debate in the nation.
McGregor aimed at becoming president of Ireland
McGregor’s White House diatriber could also be considered an attempt to support as he suggested in the past that he could contest the October elections for the position of Irish president.
However, he may find it difficult to obtain his name on the ballot of voting due to the lack of recommendation after being found guilty of civil rape last year. A jury found that the fighter of the Mixtes Mixtes Irlandais had attacked Nikita in hand in a hotel in Dublin in December 2018. He was ordered to pay him more than € 248,000 (£ 206,000) in damages.
