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DANA WHITE has revealed if he’ll swap the Ultimate Fighting Championship for a spot in Donald Trump’s Presidential Team.
White and the UFC played a significant role in Trump’s winning of this month’s election, helping the Republican candidate reach a much younger demographic by having him attend several pay-per-view shows.
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APThe veteran promoter even gave a speech during Trump’s acceptance rally, leading many to predict a future in the President-Elect’s cabinet.
But White has no intention of swapping the MMA leader for politics, telling The New Yorker: “I’m never f***ing doing this again.
“I want nothing to do with this s**t. It’s gross.
“It’s disgusting. I want nothing to do with politics.”
White and Trump’s friendship dates back to the early 2000s when the business mogul staged a series of UFC events at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Trump has attended a number of UFC pay-per-view events in recent years, including UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden last weekend.
The 78-year-old received an insane chorus of cheers from the MSG crowd as he entered the arena just before the main card got underway.
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And superstar Jon Jones handed the 45th and soon-to-be 47th President his heavyweight titles just moments after he knocked out Stipe Miocic in the main event.
Numerous UFC fighters, as well as White, have sung Trump’s praises over the years.
White added: “Donald Trump is tougher and more badass than anybody.
“You can only pray that you’re a quarter of the man that Donald Trump was when a guy tried to take seven shots at his head with a high-powered rifle with a f***ing scope on it.”
White feels indebted to Trump for helping the UFC when they were struggling to find venues to host them.
He told Tucker Carlson: “This guy has been so good to me it’s unexplainable.
“He’s been a very good friend to me since the day I met him.
“When we bought this company it had such a bad stigma attached to it and the sport that we couldn’t even get into venues, they didn’t want us.
“Donald Trump saw that this thing could possibly be big, plus he’s a sports guy who loves sports, and he offered us to come do the event at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
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GETTY“He cut us a very fair deal and we went down there and did two events with him where he showed up for the first fight and stayed until the last fight.
“Imagine back then; Trump brand is way up, UFC brand is way down, but he took us in and he was great.
“Everything that ever happened to me in my career after that day, the first guy to reach out and say congratulations was Donald Trump.
“Whether it was a letter or one time we were on the cover of the New York Times.
“He said, ‘I always knew you were going to do it, Dana, congratulations.’
“And he sent me the paper. He sent me a pen one time congratulating me.
“He’s always sending something to say congratulations; a guy who is genuinely happy for your success.”
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