Troubled ex-UFC star Conor McGregor has bizarrely invited Donald Trump to visit his Dublin pub and try the ‘best Coke in Ireland.’
McGregor, who has been embroiled in a string of scandals in recent years including a civil rape case, was invited to the White House earlier this year. And now he wants to return the favor and give the president a ‘unique, true, IRISH EXPERIENCE!’ at the Black Forge Inn.
‘See you in November Donald, at Irelands greatest public house, the multi time award winning, @blackforgeinn!’ McGregor wrote on X.
‘We look very forward! Ireland’s friend @realDonaldTrump, we have the best Coke in all Ireland for you to try! Sparkly fizzy, and on the rocks. With Irish lemon and lime, also! For adding. ICE COLD!
‘Our Coca Cola factory is just 5 minutes away on the long mile road, walking distance, from the black forge inn!
“GIVE THAT BOY A CAN OF COKE!” You are going to LOVE IT! The unique, true, IRISH EXPERIENCE!’
Alongside the social media message, McGregor included an AI image of himself and Trump. They are dressed up as medieval knights around a table of meat and potatoes. In the image, Trump is drinking a can of Coca Cola.
McGregor’s pub was recently set on fire, with the authorities treating the blaze as criminal damage.
Last week, meanwhile, the ex-MMA star lost his attempt to overturn a jury’s order that he compensate a woman who accused him of raping her. The court rejected the appeal in its entirety.
Nikita Hand alleged that McGregor sexually assaulted her on December 9, 2018. He was found liable back in November and three judges in Dublin rejected all five grounds of the MMA fighter’s appeal.
McGregor, 37, was ordered to pay nearly €250,000 ($290,000), plus costs after Ms Hand accused him of raping her at a hotel in Dublin in 2018. He denied the allegation and said he had ‘fully consensual sex’. He also denied causing bruising to the plaintiff.
McGregor was not present for last week’s decision, with Hand claiming she had been ‘retraumatised’ by the appeal. ‘To every survivor out there, I know how hard it is but please don’t be silenced. You deserve to be heard. You also deserve justice,’ she said.
Trump hosted the Irish MMA star and his family in the Oval Office on St Patrick’s Day, with McGregor even vowing to raise concerns over immigration in Ireland with the president. The 37-year-old, who also attended Trump’s inauguration in January, praised the president’s ‘inspiring’ work ethic.
