UFC head Dana White introduces Trump before headline RNC address as 'toughest, most resilient human being that I have ever met'

UFC President Dana White introduced Donald Trump's header code with a tribute to his longtime person arsenic the 'toughest, astir resilient quality being' wherever helium choked backmost emotion.

After White agreed to talk conscionable earlier Trump, Trump texted him and thanked him and apologized for the information that helium would person to chopped retired aboriginal connected a household trip.

'Think of it arsenic the biggest combat that you ever had. A combat for our state and adjacent the world. I lone privation you did not person to interrupt your household travel but I anticipation they understand, they emotion you, and they cognize however important this is,' Trump had said, according to White. 

'This man's moving for President of the United States, he's warring for the aboriginal of this country, and he's acrophobic astir interrupting my household trip,' White said.

'This antheral is moving for president of the United States. He is warring for the aboriginal of this country. He is acrophobic astir interrupting my household trip. That is the president trump that I know. A antheral who genuinely cares astir people,' helium went on. 

'The mainstream media likes to propulsion the communicative that helium does not attraction astir anybody but himself. But I cognize that is not the information due to the fact that I person been friends with this feline for 25 years.' 

'This antheral is the toughest, astir resilient quality being that I person ever met successful my life.' 

'How large was Dana?' Trump said successful his ain address. 'He was connected astir apt the lone abrogation he's taken, ever.' The erstwhile president said White had promised his woman the abrogation for 'many years,' but White's woman told him 'you can't crook [Trump] down.'  

White and Trump's relationship dates backmost decades, aft Trump welcomed the UFC into his now-defunct 'Trump Taj Mahal' successful New Jersey amid a run to prohibition the athletics that precocious Sen. John McCain erstwhile branded arsenic 'human cockfighting.' 

'This marque was truthful bad, venues didn't adjacent privation us. Arenas didn't privation us,' White said successful 2022. 

But erstwhile New Jersey legalized the athletics successful 2000, 'Trump virtually called us. He said 'Come to my place, bash the lawsuit here. We'll person you astatine the Trump Taj Mahal.' 

Not without controversy, White past twelvemonth apologized for slapping his woman after the brushwood was caught connected video. 

The 55-year-old White, who has an estimated worthy of $500million aft gathering the UFC up into a planetary money-spinning franchise, has been joined to his woman for 27 years, since 1996, and they person 3 children together. 

They were celebrating New Year's Eve astatine El Squid Roe successful Cabo San Lucas. Video shows White appearing to accidental thing to Anne, who reacts by slapping him. He past slaps her backmost earlier the brace are divided up.

The UFC main said: 'My woman and I were retired Saturday nighttime connected New Year's Eve. Unfortunately that is what happened.'

'I americium 1 of the guys who says determination is never, ever an excuse for a feline to enactment his hands connected a pistillate and present present I americium connected TMZ talking astir it.

'This is 1 of those situations that is horrible. I americium embarrassed. We person 3 kids and since the video popped up, we person shown the kids and we are much focused connected our household close now.