Conor McGregor

[Rossfan]

Ignore the piece of sh1te.
A decent incumbent of the White House would have invited Nikita Hand instead of that yoke.
But birds of a feather...

[Deerstalker]

Ignore the piece of sh1te.
A decent incumbent of the White House would have invited Nikita Hand instead of that yoke.
But birds of a feather...

I think we have a lot more positive role models that could have attended, besides McGregor or Nikita Hand. As was said at the time the court case was just a depressing look into those lifestyles.

[Cunny Funt]

Use to think during his UFC days it was just a act but now it's clear he was simply playing himself a utter twat. Using the American platform and fellow twat Trump to secure funding and support as he runs to become Irish president. Unlike America he won't get enough idiots to vote him.

[johnnycool]

Waterford Whispers special;

[JoG2]

Use to think during his UFC days it was just a act but now it's clear he was simply playing himself a utter twat. Using the American platform and fellow twat Trump to secure funding and support as he runs to become Irish president. Unlike America he won't get enough idiots to vote him.

Zero chance of him running surely? He'll get as many votes as Bryson when he stood for elections. Whilst very vocal, numbers of right wing, rapist supporting fascists would be very small

[imtommygunn]

You really would hope. Like someone said he'd likely have some money behind a campaign.

I don't know what he said in the whitehouse as I'd rather hear nothing from him (or Musk or Trump). A bunch of horrendous individuals the whole lot of them and it's a sad reflection on the world we live in that people like this have the platform that they do.

[From the Bunker]

It's all a distraction.

[Rossfan]

You need 4 Councils or 20 members of the Oireachtas to nominate you before you can run for Uachtarán.

[Truthsayer]

Would have thought Trump wouldn't have got in first time but is no accounting for the right wing madness that is US.
McGregor not a hope. A total sc**bag and only the dregs of our society think otherwise.

[Dag Dog]

Amazing how people of the ilk of McGregor and the Tate brothers are so well regarded by MAGA.
I understand a certain bit of pushback against the worst excesses of wokeism and PC-ness, but this is miles past anything acceptable.

[rodney trotter]

Use to think during his UFC days it was just a act but now it's clear he was simply playing himself a utter twat. Using the American platform and fellow twat Trump to secure funding and support as he runs to become Irish president. Unlike America he won't get enough idiots to vote him.

His father is cringe too.

[Substandard]

It's hard to take anything politics nowadays without a fistful of salt, nevermind a pinch.
Conor McGregor in the White House on St Patrick's Day- such a snub for Martin and Harris.
But it put me thinking as to what the purpose might be.  A warning to Paddy Government to pipe down and know your place, or else?
And then two other possibilities.  One, there is a degree of traction for what McGregor was saying about immigration, and that is likely to increase in the coming years, especially if there is a severe economic downturn.  Most right-minded people would find McGregor's attitude, arrogance and his reputation after the Nikita Hand case repugnant.  The government can always point to this reprehensible opposition spokesperson to their policies as a sufficient justification for them to carry on, knowing that people wouldn't want to be associated in any way with McGregor's or any of his ilk.
Alternatively,  it could be the start of a government push back or major change in immigration policy.  The narrative has progressed so far and for so long that no government would announce an about-turn without facing a major furore.  So if a boogeyman figure like Conor McGregor makes all the statements from arguably the biggest stage on the biggest day in the Irish calendar,  the fuss will pass far quicker, and they can inch their way towards what McGregor was alluding to anyway.
I'm reminded of the scene in Lucky Number Slevin,  when Bruce Willis is explaining the Kansas City shuffle.  Very little in global, or even national, politics makes sense to me anymore,  and I can't help but wonder about the drivers, the motives, and then the ulterior motives behind any political scenario anymore.
I'm not even that well-informed or tuned in politically anyway, so maybe my line of thinking is absolute bullshit.  It's just this particular sequence of events has me especially confounded.

[PMG1]

I think it's all more sinister than we think. Trump and Musk are determined to weaken the EU which would give the US more strength and continue the world reliance on the US dollar as the go to currency, they need to create unrest in certain countries to do so. They see McGregor as a pawn to stir up racial hate (I think they overestimate McGregors influence in Ireland) and hope that he can cause some friction between the Irish people and the EU. Hence their support for Tommy Robinson and I am sure similar ilk in other European countries. It is worrying times in the world with this gang in charge of the US

[theskull1]

Enjoyed that post Substandard... resonates.

There's subversion at every turn it's impossible to really get a hold of wtf is being planned/coordinated/agreed behind the scenes but it certainly does not look like the wellbeing of society forms any part of their intentions.

Anyone who thinks that Trump is the head of the snake needs to open their eyes. He's a pawn like the rest of Wests leaders

[Truthsayer]

I think Trump just found another very wealthy like-minded racist, misogynistic, sex offender in the mould of Musk, Tate brothers... Prince Andrew will probably rack up next for an audience with Donald. Politically he is far from astute..