UFC Crowd Cheers As Trump Enters Packed Vegas Arena | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Ben Whitehead.

    Former President Donald Trump entered the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday night to a roaring crowd, meeting with numerous celebrities and even a victorious fighter at UFC 290.

    UFC President Dana White accompanied Trump to his seat, high-fiving supporters before the main event. South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis was also recorded greeting the former president after he defeated Robert Whittaker in round 2.

    Throughout the night, Trump was photographed with podcast host Joe Rogan, director Mel Gibson, and even celebrity chef Guy Fieri, host of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." Podcast host Benny Johnson captioned a photo of the former president with Fieri, "Trump in Flavor Town," referring to the celebrity chef's nickname, the "Mayor of Flavortown."

    UFC 290 is the headline event of International Fight Week, which began on July 3 and ends Sunday. Trump and White are known to be friends, with White speaking at the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2020 to support Trump. The former president is a frequent spectator at UFC events, attending UFC 287 in April and inspiring a "USA!" chant. In 2019, as president, Trump attended a UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

    Hours before the fight Saturday, Trump delivered a 40-minute speech at Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas where he warned about the direction of the country and told President Joe Biden that the "gloves are off."

    "I wouldn't have said this three weeks ago. I wouldn't have said it. I was actually very kind to him," Trump said. "I was very kind to him, but now we can't be kind anymore because the gloves are off. The jar has been opened ... He's totally compromised."

    Trump also called Biden "corrupt" and "incompetent" and said the issues like immigration, crime, and the economy have become much worse under the Biden administration. Likely referencing recent accusations and the House investigation into the Biden family's overseas business dealings, Trump claimed the president has "taken millions of dollars from other countries like China."

    "I don't like doing the same word for two people," Trump said regarding his "Crooked Hillary" nickname for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "We're using the word crooked for Joe Biden because Joe Biden is the most crooked president in the history of our country by a factor of hundreds. He's a crook."

    President Trump lost Nevada in 2016 and 2020 by less than three points but hasn't written the state off for 2024.

    "We have a big job to do. This has been a hard state. I really believe it's a Republican state," Trump said.

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In the most recent Midterms Election, the "Republican Red Wave" turned out to be a "Republican Red Ripple," which, as in all elections, confounded the political prognosticators of what to expect down the governing /political road: What, and who, do you think is best for this meandering Representative Republic in the near future?

  Because they know how to best allocate the public's money back to the right part of the public, the Democrats will NOW always prevail and get my vote.

  With patriotic pragmatism the cornerstone of the best of the Republican Party, they will ultimately save this Constitutional Republic from self-destruction.

  Since the Executive Branch is so important to turn this Representative Republic around, I am still on Team Trump in 2024.

  Since the nation may need a different path to Conservative patriotism in the Executive, I am joining Team DeSantis.

  Because I am entitled to take the government dole, the prevailing favoritism whenever possible, I will support any, and every Democrat candidate.

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poll#169

Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?

  Withdraw from society, go underground and plan for a resurgence when it is feasible to do so.

  Work within the confines of better policy by the People's government, once good sense and sanity is restored in the electorate at large, to achieve such.

  Are you a crazy, nut-job Insurrectionist? Everything is perfect within our plan to achieve our intended goals for the Socialist Left.

  Secession to form a true Constitutional Republic.

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