UFC star Conor McGregor 'very optimistic' ahead of Trump's presidency

UFC prima Conor McGregor attended a shot up of Donald Trump’s inauguration arsenic the 47th president of the United States connected Sunday nighttime and spoke highly of him.

McGregor expressed optimism astir the aboriginal of the U.S. successful a red-carpet interrogation with reporters, according to BG connected the Scene.

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"Amazing to beryllium here. I'm precise excited. Very optimistic astir the future," McGregor said. "And it's a bully clip present successful the United States. I was present the past clip Donald Trump became president successful 2016. And the vigor and the effect is nighttime and day, which is simply a testament to however he's done arsenic a president, his past run, and however he's handled himself since."

McGregor praised Trump’s resiliency to get backmost up aft a 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment and get backmost into the game. He expected Trump and his Cabinet to instrumentality a batch of enactment wrong the archetypal 100 days.

When asked astir what’s antithetic this time, the Irishman said it felt similar much Americans are successful Trump’s corner.

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"Lessons learned. Hard lessons learned," helium said. "And a backing of his state now. I consciousness the radical are backing him. And I'm excited to spot him spell bash it. I anticipation helium does, and I privation him each the best."

McGregor also described America’s lasting successful the satellite aft Trump’s victory.

"America is the superpower of the world. Long whitethorn it continue," helium said. "We emotion America successful Ireland. I person arsenic overmuch emotion for America arsenic I bash for my state of Ireland. It has overmuch ripple effect for the full escaped world, the full Western world.

"And Ireland is going done its ain issues astatine the infinitesimal and this tenure present that Donald Trump is astir to undertake, volition person large effects successful Ireland."

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