A return to Madison Square Garden meant revisiting the place where a comedian caused an uproar at a Trump rally last month by likening Puerto Rico to a « floating island of garbage. »
President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.
Trump was accompanied by UFC President Dana White and the pair headed to their cageside seats to Kid Rock’s « American Bad Ass. »
A return to Madison Square Garden meant revisiting the place where a comedian caused an uproar by likening Puerto Rico to a « floating island of garbage. » Yet Trump continues to relish visits to New York, where he lived for decades, before moving to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. at a Trump rally last month
UFC aired a video package of Trump’s road to reclaiming the White House, calling it, « The great comeback in American History », while fans stood and applauded. Trump, wearing a red tie, pumped his fist toward the crowd when the video ended.
The president-elect also had his clenched fists pumping back and forth and briefly danced to the Village People’s « YMCA » just outside the cage. He later again thrust his fist skyward as « Takin’ Care of Business » played.
Elon Musk, to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, joined the president-elect and White at the Garden, as did Robert Kennedy Jr.
