When everyone stops talking to you because you’re such a cunt, or when you might go to prison, it’s great to be able to call in the big man. He’s like Erling Haaland, will get you out of a tight spot.
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The grift is on…
Jesus is a forgiving man but my word this will be his biggest test.
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Some fella must have given him a dose of the ayahuasca.
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I can help you score a better trade deal with Trump’ Conor McGregor told Taoiseach Micheál Martin
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Conor McGregor privately urged Taoiseach Micheál Martin to meet him for dinner to discuss how the fighter could bolster relations with US president Donald Trump.
The Irish Independent can reveal the MMA fighter wrote a letter to the Fianna Fáil leader in late August urging him and his wife Mary to meet at his “restaurant”, the Black Forge Inn in Dublin, “to engage in a constructive dialogue regarding the challenges confronting our nation and its people”.
The correspondence also set out McGregor’s desire to discuss the objectives of his campaign for the presidency of Ireland.
The letter was sent just weeks before McGregor (37), who lost a civil rape case last year, urged his online supporters to lobby councillors in a bid to get on the presidential ballot following months of social media posts criticising the selection process.
McGregor has been vocally critical of the Irish Government, telling US conservative talk-show host Tucker Carlson last year it was responsible for the “erasure of Irish culture” due to its immigration policy.
In his letter, he invited Mr Martin “to explore collaborative approaches for addressing [issues] to secure a better future for Ireland together”.
McGregor, who has previously said “the era of the politician must end” in reference to his own presidential ambitions, told the Taoiseach the thrust of his campaign was around “ensuring that the citizens of our nation possess decisive authority in governance and establishing a system of direct democracy”.
Writing the letter with his full name Conor Anthony McGregor underneath a crest of a stag and crown, the MMA fighter told Mr Martin he was “supremely confident” he could achieve a favourable outcome for Ireland on trade with the United States given his relationship with Mr Trump.
Despite a trade deal between the United States and the European Union being reached three weeks beforehand, McGregor claimed his relationship with the US president would bolster the case for Ireland for a “fair resolution”.
“Having attended President Trump’s inauguration in January this year, I was subsequently invited to the White House on St Patrick’s Day,” McGregor told Mr Martin, referencing his March 17 appearance in the Oval Office alongside Mr Trump just days after Mr Martin made the annual bilateral visit to Washington DC.
The McGregor family with Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office in the White House. Photo: The White House/X.
“Here, we discussed Ireland and America’s long-standing relationship.
“It was very understood here how important this relationship is, and that a fair resolution is found on behalf of Ireland, America, and its 40 million Irish-Americans,” McGregor said.
I expect to host President Trump next time he visits Ireland
“President Trump was very receptive, very supportive and I am supremely confident that I can get Ireland’s desired result here.”
In an apparent reference to a proposed UFC event taking place on the White House south lawn next June, McGregor told the Taoiseach his “pending bout” inside the White House would add “further fuel [sic] to this cause!”.
The Crumlin fighter outlined to Mr Martin numerous upcoming engagements he had in the US as well as an invitation he had extended to Mr Trump to visit his restaurant in Dublin this November.
“As I prepare for my forthcoming event at the White House, I intend to use these engagements to again negotiate on behalf of Ireland, with the aim of securing favourable tariffs and strengthening our long-standing economic relationship with the United States,” McGregor said.
The fighter told Mr Martin “no Irish politician possesses the established relationships with President Trump and his entire administration that [sic] I do.
“I wish to forge our team with a similar relationship in their own right,” he said.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin with US President Donald Trump chat in the White House during St Patrick’s Day celebrations this year. Photo: PA
“An evening ringside at the fights, the perfect opportunity!” McGregor wrote to Mr Martin.
“Should you accept this invitation, I would welcome the opportunity to use our meeting to discuss these matters in greater detail and how my unique relationship with the US president may be of benefit to your party,” he said.
The following month, the Taoiseach publicly rebuked McGregor and his presidential ambitions, saying his rhetoric on immigration risked discouraging people from coming to work in Ireland.
Mr Martin told the Sunday Times in mid-September that McGregor’s “loose talk” and “nasty othering of a particular race” was fuelling division and undermining social cohesion.
The following day, McGregor announced he was withdrawing from the presidential election race.
A spokesman for the Taoiseach said Mr Martin declined to accept the invitation to join McGregor for dinner.
In a further statement to the Irish Independent,McGregor said: “I have long welcomed dialogue with international leaders about the future of Ireland and had hoped Mr Martin felt the same.
“Those leaders, of course, include President Trump, whom I expect to host the next time he visits Ireland.”
Last year, Mr McGregor was ordered by the High Court to pay Nikita Hand €250,000 in damages after a jury found he had assaulted her at a Dublin Hotel in 2018.
Had to read that one a few times
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Too many blows to the head, and too much blow in the head…
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Pity DJ never got a few bob off Conor.
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Not that it was hard but if it took a week to identify a ‘sic’ they’d have found it.
In the world we live in I think Conor actually could get us a better deal with Trump
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I was thinking the exact same. It’s absolutely farcical but he genuinely could get us a better deal. That’s how trump operates.
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Us as in Europe?
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Whatever Conor wants Donald would provide. He might just confine the deal to Laraghcon in Lucan.
I was thinking the same reading it, it’s mad how surreal things have gotten. Politics and entertainment are basically the same thing now. Trump would never take M.Martin seriously he only reacts to big personalities and flattery.
Why would he? Trump knows instantly on a handshake what Mehole is.
Mehole is a slithery incompetent that fails to bat for his people, Mehole has a singular goal at the moment and that’s to be the vainglorious Taoiseach hosting the EU presidency where he thinks the globe will listen to his utterances - they won’t
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Come out you other hams.
He must like Kildare because they’re all white.
Khabib should really be footing the bill for this one
I’d say the Brady Family are morto.
I’d say they know they sponsor Kildare