The ex-US president received a standing ovation at an event in New Jersey just two days after his conviction.
Former US President Donald Trump was greeted with chants of “we want Trump” and “f**k Joe Biden” at a UFC event in New Jersey that he attended on Saturday.
The former president sat together with UFC boss Dana White ringside for the event. Trump’s appearance was greeted warmly by the crowd, with a standing ovation and some supporters seen displaying Trump 2024 flags, footage from the bout shows.
The crowd is going nuts for President Trump! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/coTLdTFj5e
— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) June 2, 2024
The chant in support of Trump and with a profanity directed at President Joe Biden, his opponent in the 2024 presidential race, was heard several times during the match. At one point, Trump greeted supporters with a raised fist.
🚨FJB chant breaks out at UFC 302 in New Jersey pic.twitter.com/NywPOsRUW9
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 2, 2024
The UFC 302 event was headlined by a lightweight championship bout between the current champion, Russia’s Islam Makhachev, and former interim champion, America’s Dustin Poirier. Makhachev defended his title in five rounds, winning by submission.
Trump showed up for the UFC 302 match just two days after being convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The trial was related to the alleged ‘hush money’ payments Trump made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the wake of the 2016 elections and the falsified paperwork to conceal them.
Trump, who has become the first US president to ever be convicted of a felony, has denied the accusations, branding the whole affair a politically motivated witch hunt, and dismissing the trial as “rigged” and “disgraceful.”
“The real verdict will be on November 5, by the people. And we will keep fighting, and we’ll fight till the end and we’ll win,” Trump told reporters after the verdict was announced. The conviction on 34 counts does not seem to have shaken his supporters, however. The former president’s campaign reportedly broke a fundraising record with an intake of over $34 million after the verdict was announced.
75 years of life with a spotless criminal record.
Runs for President and is immediately hit with 92 charges.
Wouldn’t be happening if Biden really HAD received 85 million votes. And everyone knows it.
CIA decides the president, Trump’s not their guy? I’m guessing John Kennedy was their first big move. After that, everyone knows who’s in charge.
CIA looks for presidential material 50 years in advance. When Bill Clinton shook John Kennedy’s hand back in the 60’s? When young Obama rode along in the golf cart while his stepfather played golf with George Bush Sr?
Is this whole thing a long time struggle for power between the US military and CIA?