"Disturbing tirade" Trump proposes martial arts league for migrants
Former US President Donald Trump wants a martial arts league exclusively for migrants. He described the men arriving as tough and tenacious.
23.06.2024, 08:00
23.06.2024, 08:06
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- New proposal on migration from former US President Donald Trump.
- Trump wants a martial arts league exclusively for migrants.
- The campaign team of US President Joe Biden described the proposal as an "incoherent, disturbing rant".
Former US President Donald Trump wants a martial arts league exclusively for migrants. During campaign appearances in Philadelphia and Washington on Saturday, Trump once again spoke out about migration at the border between the USA and Mexico, describing the men arriving as hard and tough. That's why, he said, he suggested to his friend Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, that he recruit them into a new version of the sport.
"Why don't you start a migrant league?" he asked White. "And then you have the champion of your league, who are the best fighters in the world, fight the champion of the migrants." He believed the migrant could win because they were so tough. "He didn't like that idea very much," Trump said, describing White's reaction. In the UFC, fighters compete against each other in mixed martial arts, a full-contact combat sport in which punching and kicking are permitted.
US President Joe Biden's campaign team said that it was in keeping with the convicted felon Trump to make threats against migrants. "Trump's incoherent, disturbing rant has shown voters, in his own words, that he is a threat to our freedoms and too dangerous to be allowed near the White House again," said team spokeswoman Sarafina Chitika.