{"id":2580374,"date":"2026-03-16T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-dana-white-never-gets-negativity-for-supporting-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:59:14","slug":"ufc-dana-white-never-gets-negativity-for-supporting-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-dana-white-never-gets-negativity-for-supporting-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Dana White &#8216;never&#8217; gets negativity for supporting Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fufc-dana-white-never-gets-negativity-for-supporting-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>UFC chief Dana White says he has never faced public negativity for backing Donald Trump, describing a close friendship that began when they met at a UFC event at Trump Taj Mahal in New Jersey.He accepted Trump\u2019s invitation to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention despite advice from others not to, arguing that there was no way he wouldn\u2019t deliver the speech and that Trump is a great friend.<\/p>\n<p>White emphasizes that his support has been met with praise rather than criticism, claiming that people thank him for his stance and that he doesn\u2019t speak negatively about opponents. He says he\u2019s been pushing Trump to do campaign podcasts, including appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience, and notes Rogan\u2019s own shift from liberal to more centrist views as the world seems to be \u201closing its mind.\u201d White also asserts that Rogan remains a strong interviewer who avoids getting deeply into politics.<\/p>\n<p>The article also highlights UFC\u2019s planned Freedom 250 event at the White House on Trump\u2019s birthday, described by White as surreal and one of the greatest live events, with about 85,000 people expected at Ellipse park and tickets to be distributed for free as part of a celebration of the Constitution\u2019s 250th anniversary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UFC&rsquo;s Dana White says he &lsquo;never&rsquo; gets negativity for supporting Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2533962\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>UFC CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3829039\/dana-white-free-speech-firings-charlie-kirk-death-disgusting-people-60-minutes\/\">Dana White<\/a> said on Monday he has &ldquo;never had one person&rdquo; criticize him in public for speaking in support of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4492568\/trump-scorched-earth-supreme-court\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White became friends with Trump through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s love of fighting sports, recalling how they met at a UFC fight at the Trump Taj Mahal in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4487104\/mikie-sherrill-new-jersey-affordability-budget\/\">New Jersey<\/a>. Trump would later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3090469\/dana-white-touts-trump-real-american-badass-rnc\/\">ask White to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention<\/a>, which White said he accepted despite being advised by &ldquo;everybody&rdquo; not to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4492748\/stephen-colbert-resistance-podcast-after-show-ends-guy-benson\/\">Stephen Colbert will probably <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >start &#8216;resistance&#8217; podcast<\/a> after his show ends: Guy Benson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4492596\/conan-obrien-joke-epstein-oscars-monologue\/\">Conan O&rsquo;Brien makes joke about Epstein during Oscars monologue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4492462\/media-coverage-stupidity-not-handicap-joe-concha\/\">Media coverage of attacks in US shows its &#8216;stupidity is not a handicap&#8217;: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>White said he was advised not to speak at the RNC because people told him, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t get into politics,&rdquo; and were predicting Trump would lose the 2024 election. However, White said Trump is &ldquo;a great friend,&rdquo; and there was &ldquo;no way&rdquo; he wasn&rsquo;t going to deliver this speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never get any negativity from it ever. It&rsquo;s the exact opposite!&rdquo; White said on <em>Verdict with Ted Cruz<\/em>. &ldquo;When I&rsquo;m out in the streets and I go places, people always come up to me and say, &lsquo;Thanks for &mdash;,&rsquo; I&rsquo;ve never, ever had one person walk up to me or yell or say something to me, anything about Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rcwn_57jauY?si=drELvyoXxpHGo6XB&amp;start=1848\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And here&rsquo;s the thing: when I do speak, you don&rsquo;t ever hear me talk negatively about the other side,&rdquo; White said. &ldquo;I tell you why everything they say about this guy is a lie, and he&rsquo;s not what they say he is. He&rsquo;s actually a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What...s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">good man<\/a> who loves this country, cares about people, and I just talk about who he is as a person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White also revealed he was &ldquo;pushing&rdquo; Trump to conduct podcast interviews on the 2024 campaign trail, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3255010\/how-podcasts-changed-the-world-2024\/\">one of several factors that contributed to his victory<\/a> against former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4488129\/two-person-race-2028-democratic-nomination\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. One of the podcasts Trump went on was <em>The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>White said host <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4454051\/joe-rogan-epstein-files-podcast\/\">Joe Rogan<\/a> tried &ldquo;so hard&rdquo; not to involve himself in politics, and added Rogan&rsquo;s talent as a host stems from being &ldquo;a good listener&rdquo; and discussing &ldquo;interesting&rdquo; topics.<\/p>\n<p>White said Rogan used to be &ldquo;very liberal,&rdquo; but has since shifted his political beliefs &ldquo;when the world started to lose its mind.&rdquo; White also said he used to be &ldquo;liberal,&rdquo; but &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hulk-hogan-to-speak-on-final-day-of-rnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hulk Hogan to ... on final day of RNC - Washington Examiner\">common sense&#038;rdquo<\/a>; made him change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with UFC CEO Dana White at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-race-tightens-in-north-carolina-as-democrat-beasley-closes-on-budd\/\" title=\"Senate Race Tightens in North Carolina as Democrat Beasley Closes on Budd\">election night watch party<\/a> at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4489259\/ufc-fighters-quantico-train-fbi-agents-mixed-martial-arts\/\"><strong>UFC FIGHTERS HEAD TO QUANTICO TO TRAIN FBI AGENTS IN MMA: PATEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC is hosting its first fight at the White House, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/event\/ufc-freedom-250\">UFC Freedom 250<\/a>, on June 14, Trump&rsquo;s birthday, and is one of several events the United States is hosting to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Constitution. White said it is &ldquo;surreal&rdquo; to be able to host this event, and UFC is putting on &ldquo;one of the greatest live events anybody has ever seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White said on Thursday the event will host 85,000 people at Ellipse Park at the White House, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9sFdVY_saHI\">the UFC will be giving these tickets away for &ldquo;free.&rdquo;<\/a> He said details on ticket distribution will be revealed &ldquo;soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Sen. Ted Cruz&rsquo;s (R-TX) office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White: never faced backlash for backing Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2580375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25087534102618-e1773678749793.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50410,75899,4188,3634,8095],"class_list":["post-2580374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-controversy-2","tag-danawhite","tag-media","tag-trump","tag-ufc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25087534102618-e1773678749793.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580378,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580374\/revisions\/2580378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}