Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor has said that Trump is “quite possibly” the greatest president of all time.
Wishing Trump a happy Martin Luther King Day, he wrote:
Phenomenal President.
He also included an emoji of a goat, which in sports circles means "greatest of all time."
@realDonaldTrump Phenomenal President. Quite possibly the USA 🐐. Most certainly one of them anyway, as he sits atop… https://t.co/kg5KWj37IR— Conor McGregor (@Conor McGregor) 1579577219
Trump had tweeted to mark his first three years in office while recognising the special day.
But in 2015, UFC's most controversial fighter McGregor had a very different take on America's most controversial politician, saying he should “shut his big, fat mouth.”
After Trump commented on one of his losses, he said:
I don’t give a f--- about Donald Trump.
In 2017, after Trump was elected, he wasn’t too enthusiastic about him either.
I just could not give a bollocks, with all due respect, the whole thing is weird to me.
The public are just brainwashed into thinking something is going to happen with this one.
I don’t think either of those two contenders, or whatever they are, have power in anything, anyway.
McGregor defeated Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in a UFC 246 welterweight mixed martial arts bout on Saturday in just 40 seconds. It was McGregor's first win in the UFC in more than 3 years.
Trump eventually responded, congratulating him on the win.