Some attendees booed and chanted "Lock him up!" when Trump was shown on screen at the Washington Nationals Park stadium.
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Trump's mixed welcome at Madison Square Garden was still a good deal warmer than the icy reception he received at Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros last Sunday. During a visit to Japan earlier this year, he spent what he said was an "incredible evening" watching sumo wrestling in Tokyo with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "I would never say anything negative about Donald Trump because he was there when other people weren't," said White, who spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention in support of Trump's candidacy. Trump hosted UFC events at his since-bankrupt Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City decades ago when the sport was spurned by most venues, White said in an interview last year with The Hill. The life-long New Yorker also has a long relationship with MMA and UFC President Dana White. Several dozen demonstrators, including members of local anti-fascist groups, gathered outside the venue in Midtown Manhattan to protest Trump's visit, some holding placards that read "Impeach Trump" and chanting "Out now!"
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted "good riddance" after Trump slammed local officials for treating him badly despite his paying what he said were "millions" in taxes there. Trump's visit was his first to New York since announcing he was moving his permanent residence from Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Mr Trump is currently facing an impeachment probe relating to allegations he pressured Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his rival in the 2020 White House race, former Vice President Joe Biden.Īs video of the crowd spread on social media, his son Donald Jr hit back on Twitter, saying the reception had been "overwhelmingly positive" and that UFC President Dana White – a long-time friend of the president's – had called it "the most electrifying entrance he's seen in 25 years".Flanked by key Republican lawmakers and his sons, Eric and Don Jr., Trump stood up and waved to the 20,000-strong crowd from his seat just feet from the octagon.Ī chorus of boos echoed from the upper reaches of the arena, while mostly cheers and chants of "USA" came from the sections closest to the president and his entourage.įor Trump, the visit was a welcome break from a House of Representatives impeachment probe of allegations he withheld aid from Ukraine to pressure authorities there to investigate his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.Īt a rally on Friday in Mississippi, Trump said an "angry majority" of voters would support him against impeachment, a day after the Democratic-controlled House voted formally to lay out the rules of the inquiry. Signs reading "Remove Trump" and "Impeach Trump" were also spotted in the crowd. The reception was mixed on Saturday night, however, with cheers and clapping heard from some spectators, and boos and profanities from others.
It comes less than a week after the president was booed at the baseball World Series in Washington DC.Ĭhants of "lock him up" echoed around the stadium earlier in the week – a reference to a chant sometimes heard at Mr Trump's political rallies, which calls for the imprisonment of his former presidential rival Hilary Clinton. and Eric Trump.Ī small anti-Trump protest was held at the Madison Square Garden arena. The US president attended the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event with high-ranking Republicans and his sons, Donald Trump Jr. Media playback is unsupported on your deviceĭonald Trump was met with raucous boos – and some cheers – on Saturday as he attended the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in New York.
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