Trump says he suggested setting up a migrant fighting league to UFC’s Dana White

Donald Trump told a room of conservative Christians that he pitched a migrant fighting league to UFC president and CEO Dana White.

The former president made the remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition-organized “Road to Majority” policy conference at the Washington Hilton on Saturday (June 22).

Speaking as he campaigns for re-election to the White House in November’s presidential election in which he will face incumbent president Joe Biden, the all-but-official Republican nominee chided Christians for historically not turning up to vote in the numbers that might be expected.

Trump also laid out his evangelical credentials including his support of recent legislation to require Louisiana public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms and his role in the overturning of Roe v Wade by the US Supreme Court by appointing conservative justices during his administration.

In his inimitable style though, the former president meandered his way through his a joke-filled version of his stump speech of right-wing talking points including bizarre anecdotes about sharks and tanks and fictional serial killer and cannibal Hannibal Lecter.

During a section on the migrant crisis at the southern border — remarking on the toughness of some of those who cross the border illegally — Trump told the crowd about his jaw-dropping idea for a new league in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

“They so tough,” the Republican nominee said of the migrants. “Dana White, did anyone ever hear of Dana? He’s a legend, right? UFC, Ultimate Fighter, Ultimate Fighting. And he has he’s a fantastic man. I said Dana, I have an idea.

“Why don’t you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then you have the