UFC's Dana White calls Donald Trump 'the ultimate American bada**' to ESPN's Pat McAfee after botched assassination attempt in Pennsylvania

After decades promoting mixed-martial arts, UFC CEO Dana White considers himself an master connected toughness.

And successful Donald Trump, nan 54-year-old told ESPN's Pat McAfee, he sees precisely that.

'Everybody wants to enactment for illustration a reliable guy, good erstwhile nan s*** goes down, you find retired who reliable guys are and who reliable guys are not,' White told McAfee connected Monday, pursuing nan botched assassination effort connected Trump. 'This feline is nan legitimate, eventual American bada** of each time.'

But speech from nan triumphant image of a defiant, bloodied trump pumping his fist arsenic he was being rescued by concealed work agents, White did accent that nan shooting was a acheronian time for each Americans, some blimpish and liberal.

'This is nan erstwhile president and a candidate,' said White, who is scheduled to present Trump astatine this week's RNC successful Milwaukee. 

'Imagine if personification took a changeable astatine Biden aliases Obama aliases Clinton. It's like, this is our president. If it happened to anybody, immoderate of our presidents, each American connected world should beryllium horrified by this and disgusted and upset and angry.'

White initially learned astir nan shooting while traveling, prompting him to station a connection connected societal media.

'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 connected 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.'

Trump survived pinch a bloody ear, but a man named Corey Comperatore was killed successful nan attack.

And he wasn't nan only UFC sound to connection support for Trump aft nan grounded assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania.

'A 78 twelvemonth aged aggregate billionaire he should beryllium connected a yacht connected nan med touring play courses,' Conor 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.