Conor McGregor visits White House for St. Patrick's Day meeting with Trump

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News on Mar 17, 2025

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Ex-UFC fighter Conor McGregor visited the White House on Monday for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

The St. Patrick’s Day gathering came less than a week after Trump met with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. McGregor used his time in the White House press room to rail against Ireland’s welcoming immigration policies.

“It’s high time that America is made aware of what is going on in Ireland,” McGregor said. “Ireland is at the cusp of potentially losing its Irishness.”

Ireland has welcomed more than 120,000 immigrants in the past 12 months. Many of the arrivals have been refugees and asylum seekers from war-torn parts of the world.

A notable portion of the Irish population dislikes the new arrivals, as shown in massive anti-immigrant riots in Dublin that erupted in November 2023. McGregor was accused of boosting the conflict on social media, posting at the time: “There is grave danger among us in Ireland that should never be here in the first place.”

Trump has praised McGregor for years and attended many MMA fights. In his meeting with Martin last week, he called McGregor his favorite Irishman.