Conor McGregor speaks out after Donald Trump's assassination attempt and hails former president for 'spitting out bullets' when he should be 'touring golf courses on the Mediterranean'

UFC superstar Conor McGregor praised erstwhile US President Donald Trump aft his assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania. 

Trump's statesmanlike rally connected Saturday was halted aft shots were fired arsenic he took nan podium. Fortunately, nan 78-year-old survived nan effort but was grazed successful nan ear. With nan American emblem waving down him, Trump raised his fist successful nan aerial arsenic humor dripped down his look earlier being led to safety. 

The erstwhile two-division UFC champion took to X pursuing nan grounded effort and sang his praises for Trump. 

'A 78 twelvemonth aged aggregate billionaire he should beryllium connected a yacht connected nan med touring play courses,' McGregor wrote. 'But he is not.' 'He is successful Pennsylvania spitting retired bullets! Running for nan emotion of his country! God velocity Donald! God bless nan United States'

Besides McGregor, respective UFC and MMA figures paid tribute to Trump pursuing nan incident. McGregor's scheduled opponent, Michael Chandler, posted nan photograph of Trump pinch his fist successful nan aerial and wrote: 'fighter.' 

'President Trump is nan toughest man connected nan look of this earth,' wrote avid Trump protagonist and erstwhile UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington. 'God bless him and his family correct now'

'God loves this man! I’m happy that President Trump is ok,' wrote Covington's bitter rival, Jorge Masvidal. 'The near knows nary bounds! They opportunity they are nan non convulsive ones. They will extremity astatine nothing! Make judge you return surface shots of immoderate leftist celebrating what happened today.'

'Trump is an utter savage,' said erstwhile middleweight title holder Sean Strickland. 'Man gets sprout and still is for his people.' 

Trump has agelong had a beardown narration pinch nan UFC. During nan organization's early and acheronian years, nan billion-dollar businessman turned leader hosted cards astatine nan Trump Taj Mahal successful New Jersey. 

Decades later, arsenic MMA became mainstream pinch nan UFC arsenic nan starring promotion, Trump has often sat cage broadside adjacent to UFC president Dana White astatine biggest cards.

Like nan fighters connected his roster, White took to societal media to speak connected nan events astatine Butler.  

'I’m connected a level correct now flying to Italy and my telephone has been blowing up pinch matter messages from group informing maine @realdonaldtrump was shot,' White captioned nan photograph of Trump on Instagram. 'I americium perfectly SICK to my tummy and successful complete shock. I still don’t cognize really bad it is aliases if he’s ok.

'But @mickmaynard conscionable sent me this image and I’m praying President Trump is 100% healthy. This image perfectly reflects EXACTLY nan man I cognize Donald Trump to be. He is nan toughest, astir resilient, AMERICAN BAD ASS connected this planet. 

'I dream nan anemic coward that changeable him gets what he deserves, and I can’t WAIT to guidelines up connected shape pinch him connected Thursday and present him astatine nan Republican National Convention and show nan WORLD precisely nan characteristic of nan friend and man I KNOW!!'