Conor McGregor’s Presidential Bid, Tariffs, Erasing Irish Culture, and Deporting Rosie O’Donnell
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Conor McGregor, thanks a lot for having us. This is one of the great, Dublin's one of the great cities in the world, for sure. For sure. The best city in the world. You can make a claim to that. Walk around Dublin for a day and then think of five better cities. Not possible. It's an amazing place. It's an amazing country. How's the country doing?

You know, like a lot of countries in the Western sphere, it is being governed by, you know, people with ill intentions of its people. Yes. And, you know, they have not got the interest of their people at its heart. However, our country stays strong. Our people are strong-willed, strong-minded, and we are of amazing spirit. And it's about highlighting the issues that are going on, and as we have been doing,

It's turning. We will get there. I am not going to sit here in front of you with a doom and gloom about the things that are going wrong. I will highlight for sure, but I will highlight the solutions and the resolutions and where we are headed and keep the outlook positive. That is what has worked for me my entire life and my entire career, where I was able to rise up and do things that were

once considered unattainable, kept a positive outlook. And that's what I will urge my citizens and my countrymen, my fellow countrymen and women to do. And that's what we are doing. We had a great moment in the Oval Office with President Trump where we got to speak, and before the press in the White House where we got to speak our case. It was the first time it had happened.

In our history, really, where we felt as a people, someone spoke up about our issues. We often hear, and very hastily, hear about overseas issues or foreign affairs. And we hear about it so much that we are left scratching our head. Well, what about our issues? Exactly. What about the issues the people of Ireland face? And that is a rising sentiment today.

that is taking place behind the doors of every household in the country. What about us? And right now, the citizens of Ireland, not only do we not feel like first-rate citizens, we don't even feel third-rate citizens in our own country. So, you know, we continue to highlight the wrongdoings of a minute government elite, and it is minute.

you know, on what they are doing. You know, they are using intimidation tactics, they are using bullying tactics, they are using diversion tactics, they are using public funds and public wealth to enrich private people and private industries to alter the thinking of the public. And we say no more. And we are in the midst of highlighting it and continuing our motion

towards the betterment of our country and the saving of our great country. Ireland is God's country and he will not go against the nation of Ireland. We are peaceful. We are not harmless.

And we will continue this journey onward. We are peaceful. We are not harmless. Fact. Amen. You could be describing the United States in everything you just said, that all the conversations about foreign policy in our country, it's about the Middle East. Who cares? Eastern Europe, double who cares? And very little about what's happening to the people of our country. And you feel that here.

That is, I feel it's even magnified the more here. I feel in this administration currently in the United States, it seems an America first stance. It's a very welcome sight for us over here. We wish that for us, Ireland first. But I feel, and as many of my countrymen and women feel, there is almost like an incentive to speak your piece on foreign issues

You know, if you think about a raise or your next job or your next position, that is where we feel our government elite have their eyes on. They have their eyes on the next role for themselves. And in order to get that next role, they must speak their piece on foreign issues and nothing to do with Irish issues. And then...

You know, lo and behold, an announcement of a raise or an employment in the European Union delegates and then off they go on their merry way after a running riot on Ireland and, you know, zero accountability of doing so. And it's no more. I'm not sure where people think they will go in this small island. You will not destroy Ireland and be free to walk away. And that is a fact.

How do you, I want to get to how you know all this and how you've distilled it to such a, to its essence. I mean, that was such an amazing description, not just to what's happening here, but throughout the West, the English. The entire Western sphere, for sure, it is happening. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain, which has already gone. I feel our government, again, overseas issues, yes, okay.

internal. I'm an Irishman. I love my country dearly. Nothing or no one could ever change that fact. I would give my life for my nation. And I have such a love for this soil. And how I know about it, I've just invested in it heavily. You know, I'm an employer of many people here in the country. I have many businesses here operating in the country. And I

Daily I hear about the struggles of people and, you know, the issues they are going through. And it ignites a fire in me to stand up. There's something in my belly from my country that I cannot shake. And even despite maybe the worries of my mother and people in my life, why? Why? Let's go away. Let's sail on the yacht. Let's fucking do something. Excuse the language. Let's do something else. I cannot. My country is my country and I'll fight for it.

So the day I go out and that is it. Where did you, what was it like growing up here? Where'd you grow up? What were the circumstances? What was Ireland like as you were growing up? Ireland's a beautiful place, beautiful place to grow up. Very, very community driven and family driven. And I grew up in a, in a Dublin suburb off the city center called Crumlin. Dublin 12 is the district. It's why I named my whiskey proper number 12 after my district. It's where my public house is that we will go after in

In Dublin, we have the Black Forge Inn. It's also home to the largest children's hospital in the country. So most people in Ireland have a relationship with the area. It's a rough and tough area also. Was it growing up rough? For sure it was. For sure it was. You know, we moved out when I was about 17 years of age and that kind of got me a little break from it, if you will. But I was 17 years of age. I had already made my friends friends.

I was like an alien in the new place. So I always made my way back down. My boxing club was down there. My football club was down there. All my friends were down there. So I met, although I moved out at 17, I never really moved out. You know, so, but Ireland's a great place full of great people. But it wasn't a rich neighborhood you grew up in? No, no, no, no, no, it was not, no, for sure not. So you're 17. What did you, how far did you get in school?

I went all the way to my leaving cert. I was the only one in my family to do it, so I hold that. At what age did you leave? 18? 18 years of age. I didn't go to college. I went into an apprenticeship. It's either you get a job, you go to college, or you get an apprenticeship. And I got an apprenticeship as a plumber on an industrial site in Kilternan County, Wicklow, which was actually, at the time, one of the...

Actually, it was the largest building site in Europe at the time. And lo and behold, misspending, overspending, over budget, all the rest of it, you know, back under central.

the thing fell apart, the ass fell out of it, we'll say. And that is one of my issues here in Ireland and the people of Ireland, the overspending that's going on. This is our public wealth being administered into private hands, enriching people to bring in this influx of illegal mass migration that is changing the fabric of my country. Ireland is very close to losing its Irishness.

And we will not let that happen. You know, and that's it. We must continue to raise our voice and speak our peace. It's almost taboo to speak it. And it has been made that way by our government elite. Like I said, they use bullying. They use intimidation tactics. They use our funds to pay our legacy media to push an agenda. They do not push facts. They push agendas. And...

I mean, I've only been here two days, but I'm a little bit confused by it because Ireland is not like the United States in that you have an indigenous population of Celtic people called the Irish who've been here since the beginning of known history. And so it's not like you were invaders. You were also never a colonial power. You never invaded anybody else. You didn't have overseas colonies. You just kind of stayed on your island and brewed alcoholic beverages and...

I have the best brewery in the land. Not to me. Not to me. You never bothered anybody. You don't have any national crimes to atone for. So I come here to Dublin, your biggest city, and not one advertisement on any public space has Irish people in it. Yeah. And it's clearly part of the same propaganda campaign. Yeah. Like make white people hate themselves, make white people feel ashamed to be white. Yeah.

White people are criminals. It's like, okay, but why would they, who's doing that to you and why? Like, what is that? I feel since the turn of the crash, our government elite have been accosted into full-time globalist traitors of Ireland. And they take their orders seriously.

from above and it is not even them. They are being ordered and the orders are coming down onto the people and the people have no say. We need amendments to the constitution. We need to remove this tight grip that the political elite have over the public and that is it and that is our goal here eventually. I operate my businesses and my entire life on fairness. That is it. What is fair? What is correct?

Our government elite do the absolute opposite. And it has to change. It has got to change. Our culture is being erased.

And you have a very distinct thousand-year-old or older culture that's based on Irishness, the indigenous population of the island that we're on right now. And they're being replaced at super high speed. So you have said immigration is treason, mass migration is treason. Describe the scale of it to Ireland and its effects. Well, in the olden days, my family, the McGregor clan, you know,

treason is... You're hung, drawn and quartered if you commit treason against your nation. So, you know, what is going on here is an abomination, a travesty, and it cannot continue for much longer. As you said, we are an island unto ourself, a small island, and we are being governed by a small people who are in turn being governed by another minute group of people

And it must stop. And that's it. There is so much worry in this government elite circle about myself running for president. And if we are a true democratic nation, which we are not, and I don't believe so, and it's becoming more and more clear and more evident, and the more Irish people are being awakened to this fact. But if we are, let the people decide. You know, it is this cozy clique where you have to almost bend the knee

you know, to even have a shot at this. We should be on the ticket. And a citizen of Ireland should be allowed to be on the ticket above a certain age

of a certain creed and let the people decide. A ticket to run for president. A ticket to run for president. That is it. I do not even... Wait, hold on. This is a democracy, supposedly. Why can't you run for president? Because there's stipulations. You have to get four county councils which are controlled by the government parties. Or you have to get 20 nominations of the Oroctos, which are all mostly party affiliates. So you can't just run for president? You can't just run for president. So how is it a democracy? Yeah, there you go. How is it? It isn't. Oh, are you going to do it anyway?

I'm going to push forward and carry on my journey, highlighting my country's plight, my country's fight, and also my country's delight. You know, I do not want to be doom and gloom here, as I said. Dublin is the greatest city on earth.

and Ireland is the greatest country on earth. And I know as an American man, you're probably sitting there in your chair, but we love Ireland dearly, our people. No, I'm not actually. I'm just the opposite. I'm thinking you've got a claim on being the greatest country. You've got a claim, for sure. You do. And it's worth fighting for. And that's it. That's what I'm here for. But so why wouldn't people... I know the media here hates you, but I've never understood...

Why? I mean, you're not calling for invading anybody or throwing anyone in prison, maybe other than your corrupt leadership. You sound like they deserve it. Why would they hate you? I'm just calling for national safety. Right now, our national security is at risk. And that is a fact. We are being overrun. And it's a danger to the public. And on top of that is our overspending of our public wealth. It is

preposterous the the the splashing of our money on issues that have not one not got to do with us and two that actually directly put us in danger and these are my issues that i wish will say run on our campaign you ask about my political aspirations i am of the belief that the era of the politician must end it must come to an end it has proven unfruitful

And that is clear as day by the statistics and by what we see around us. It is straight chancery. Our ministers and our appointed ministers have no history in the

roles that they are appointed to. Our Minister of Finance has no history in accounting. Our Minister of Health has no history in the health industry. Our Minister of Education was never a school teacher, as an example, as an example, as an example. It is straight chancery we are dealing with. The era of the politician must end, Tucker. And I can see with the selections of the Trump administration that we look upon, which has been 24-7 right from my vantage point,

you know, Trump a businessman. You know, he's running it more like a business and with common sense. You know, that is where I would see it more so than these politicians where they're all in this clique and it's a party.

they are working on behest of the party and not the people. They are working to curry favour within the party to rise up the ranks. And then the heads of the party are working to curry favour on the people above them again to rise up another rank. It just serves the country. It does not serve the country. And that is it. I'm simply highlighting it, putting it out to the people. If they wish for me to run...

Whatever my nation wants, I'm here for. That's it. CNN has described you as the leader, and I'm quoting, of Ireland's far right. Who has? CNN, which is a news channel in the United States. CNN, mm-hmm.

Far left, far right, all of these terminologies mean nothing to me. I am a family man. I am an employer of the country. You know, I'm a supporter of many people. And I care about my land and the safety of its citizens and the prosperity of its citizens. I want preference.

I want peace, preference and prosperity for the citizens of Ireland, for my people. And isn't that fair for our country, men and women? It is our country. Ireland is for Ireland, you know, and that is it. I'm not right, left, you know, I...

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So in the conversations I've had with people in Dublin, every single person I've talked to has said the same thing, which is Irish people can no longer afford houses. Their kids can't afford to get married and their kids can't afford to have kids and they can't afford to have kids. The Irish family of 12 children doesn't exist anymore in part because no one can afford that.

And yet your government is subsidizing immigrants to have kids. Yeah. And that's true in my country, too, in Australia, in New Zealand, in Canada, in the UK. Like, what is that? It's suicide is what it is. It's absolute suicide. And, you know, it has to stop. It has to stop. The rising cost of living is a national emergency. Yes. And...

You know, it has to stop. We say no. We built a toll bridge here in Ireland. We built toll bridges. They're sold to foreign companies. The funds of this goes to foreign companies. It's silly. So the people of Ireland build something and then your government sells it to foreigners and then you have to pay for it. Exactly, and it's billions per annum. Billions in profit per annum. And people...

Another thing, the traffic core on Garda Síocháin is one of the most successful divisions in the Gardaí, in the police force, in our police force, for convictions and, you know, it is the most successful. And it has caused untold stress onto the people of Ireland. I could... I wonder the amount of suicides and the amount of lives lost and families destroyed over the stress of...

of the traffic car institution with, you know, you get car driving without tax or, you know, no NCT or it's all a money racket. So just for not foreigners watching this, you're talking about parking and minor traffic violations. You are put through the ringer. And now on this day and age, which is why it's so infuriating. And then, you know, we'll keep calm with it.

But it's why people in Ireland are waking up, because everyone has felt in some way, shape or form, the stress of having to make sure that you're above board on this money racket, is what it is. So it's not to keep you safe, it's to steal money from you. Not to keep you safe, but on this day and age now, we've got our new visitors to the island who get fully exempt from driving without tax, insurance, NCT, and even on Irish reg plates.

free as a bird, right through, after our nation has gone through the most stressful periods of our life. Lives have been lost due to the stress caused of this branch in Ungardishley-O'Connor. And yet now people, now our neighbours from other countries are moving here and with full exemption to drive around our roads with supercharged vehicles that have been imported on the taxpayers' dime and then also even another tax

crazy statement is if something happens to your vehicle, if you're a nice friendly visitor or potential new member of our country, you get your vehicle repaired at a cost to the state. So it is just ludicrous and the people of Ireland are rising up to it. We're just being awakened to it and that's it. As we awaken...

You know, we're noticing some great... Wait, is what you said real? That's very, very real. Very, very real. And it's... How can they justify you? They cannot. There is no justification. You know what there is? Silence. And that is... That doesn't work. You cannot be silent on this. Like I said, you're not going to get off ruining Ireland or ripping off Ireland. Never in a million years. But if they're paying foreigners to have kids, well, you can't afford to have kids. If they're shaking you down with the armed police, but allowing foreigners...

a pass, if they're paying to fix foreigners' cars but not yours, they hate you and they're trying to kill you, right? It's an attempt at erasure of our people. That is it. I could have went all that way in the White House. I had to climb. You go incrementally up, right? You go in, hey, you talk about a genocide. This is a genocide of our people. Obviously. But, you know, you got to climb it right. So...

We're getting there and awareness is being made and we'll make the moves. And there's many great people. In fact, the majority of the Irish people are great people. Majority, majority are great people doing great things for our nation. And the pressure and the awareness we're putting on our government elite is causing slight changes. You know, they're doing certain things to appease. However, how genuine that is, how much of a facade that is,

We're sceptical. Our trust is at an all-time low. And, you know, you see we walk the length and breadth of the Dublin city capital and it's love and, you know, cheer and support. Not one politician under any party can do the same. And that is a shame. And I actually, I don't understand...

Why didn't... Ireland, we are the greatest supporters. If you do good by Ireland, Ireland will do good by you. And none more is that evident than in myself. We are the greatest supporters in the world, they say. How our politicians do not wish...

to receive this love. I do not understand it. Fundraising efforts will begin and there will be a large fund built into this where we're going to really take back our country. And that's it. Funds are needed. Money is needed. Is anybody... So you've made a, I think... If I think about these tariffs, what's going on right now, when their money dries up and they're panicking about their money, our government will eat, our money rises up.

And that is an exciting thing for the people of Ireland to hear. And that's what this is. My funds are infinite and I'm all in for the country of Ireland. And I've got incredible backing from your country and other countries that wish to support our cause. And this is it. It's a real movement for change. So let me ask you this. So...

A lot of political movement, or one political movement in particular in Ireland, had support from rich Irish Americans for years. The Republicans, the nationalists here, had support from donors in the United States. Do you think Irish Americans in the U.S., a lot of whom are rich, understand what's happening in this country? No, for sure. And when I seen Micheál Mártir Nártísak...

are rotating Taoiseach, grace the Oval Office on March 12th, five days before St. Patrick's Day, five days before myself, I saw softball. I saw a game of softball by Vance, by Vice President Vance and President Trump, and almost a little bit of pandering to him.

being safe with him, because you cannot be saying, that's 40 million Irish Americans, and that vote is very strong for the administration. You know, you need that on Strong. You need that on Syed. So they couldn't be seen, although their feelings are well known, you know, they're well against what's going on here in this country, they could not be seen to be tearing through an Irish delegate on the St. Patrick's week. So they played it correct. And then when I seen this, I said, okay,

And I got my call to go and show up. I said, I'm going to highlight this to the Irish American people. This is what's really going on. You know, some people are saying, hey, I'm from Wexford. I'm from Wexford. My grandmother's from Wexford. I said, Wexford was the sunny southeast is what we used to call Wexford. Well, we do call it a holiday destination. It is now Wexford.

No more. There is no hotels available in Wexford. They're all transferred into IPAS centres, which are International Protection Applicant Services. It's this fuck, it's this racket where they're all getting housed. It is an office block. It is a hotel. It is even a school. It is even schools now are being transferred into these IPAS centres. Filled with immigrants. Filled with immigrants, yes. So they totally wrecked the town. So Wexford, Rosselair Port is another port where they arrive in.

And they're in County Wexford, which used to be the sunny southeast, a beautiful holiday destination, is now without a hotel in the county. They've all been transferred into international protection. Why doesn't someone overthrow the government?

Here? Yeah, I mean, that's like an act of war against your country. I mean, I shouldn't say that to you because I don't want to get you in trouble. Look, I'm statesman-like. I will say this. We are peaceful. We are not harmless. In a normal country, people wouldn't put up with that. We move under God and we let God guide us. We're capable of many things. We're capable of many things as a great nation, as a great people.

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Choose Liberty. Visit LibertySafe.com for more. So you believe that Irish Americans, again, who funded a lot of stuff in Ireland over the years, a lot of investment. You need to realize where you originated from is on the cusp of being done. And some are already gone. Some are already gone. However, it's not, it's not, I don't, I don't see it as...

I see it as correctable still. I see it as fixable. You know, even if you think about like the deportation efforts. I asked Speaker Johnson, where he is going to go? You're talking about this will be the largest deportation effort in the United States history. Where do you plan on going? He said the prisons.

He said, the prison's for us. I said, and I just thought, okay. And then I thought about our prisons. Our prisons are overrun right now. We've got, I think maybe just thousands of people without a bed even in a prison, let alone we can't house our people. We can't even have a bed for the prisoners. So, you know, straight away, you're going in there. You came in, you committed a crime on our soil, you're gone. You know, that's it. No ifs, ands, or buts. Why is the taxpayer paying to...

to keep prisoners from foreign countries in our prisons and it's being overran so you know I would be up for that and then I would be going to these IPAS centres I would be going to the direct provision centres how did you enter our country illegally you're gone you know have you a criminal history you're gone

Is there a genuine attempt to assimilate into the culture and achieve a job and give to the community and support the community? If so, yes, Cade Milifoggio. If not, gone. And, you know, we can do that. And then also a turning off of the tap.

You know, right now, as I said about the car situation, you know, they arrive, they get, you get favor if you're from another nation. But if you're from, if you're not. Why? Who thought of this? It's an order from above. It's a globalist agenda. That's the truth of it. It's a globalist agenda. I know it is. So for me, if I get in, I'm going to be exerting my influence to turn off the tap. If you think about what Trump has done,

they're actually stopping coming in because it's not there no more. The gravy train isn't there no more. What is there is actually resistance, you know? And that's where it's at. Now, there is a human... There's compassion for me. There's compassion. I employ people from all walks of life. So there is a compassion element. Many people have emigrated here, have done great things for our country, and that has to be highlighted also. But it's like at a stage now where...

where the great people who have come here and emigrated and contributed greatly to our society are now feeling the strain of... and are feeling the wrath almost because of this social unrest. It has to stop. It has got to stop. You know, and we're at our limit with it. We are really at our limit with it. How the next few years go, it's worrisome. It is worrisome. This EU pact, this EU migration pact, that as a president I could get in and I could really rattle it and put it to a stop.

push to stop it, which would be the main thing. They're trying to now hurry it through, which if it goes through, it's like 30,000, 40,000, 50,000. It's an unlimited number that we'll have to take. It's on the orders of- And move all around your country, right? Into small towns. This is what they've done in the United States. They move them into small towns around the country. So then your country's gone and you don't even know it. Yeah, yeah.

Are they doing that here? Yeah, there's counties all over the world right now. There's a county in Ireland, Karner, it's a Gaeltacht county. It's a Gaeltacht town. And there's more IPAS centers. It was a home for the Ukrainians and now it's being altered into an IPAS center. And it's one of the last places of our language. And that is feeling an influx of it. And there's, you know, the people are out in the streets against it. So it is happening in counties all over Ireland for sure. And with this EU migration pact, if the floodgates are open on that,

It's a difficult time. It's changing the religious composition of your country, which since St. Patrick has been a Catholic country, you had Anglican overlords from across the water, but it's been a Catholic country for over a thousand years. So now they're trying to put a refugee center in a Christian holy site town in Ireland. I was reading this. Yeah. It's hard to think that's not on purpose. Yeah.

Yeah, it is purposeful for sure. Is anyone saying anything about this? Like in your media? You know, I wonder. I do often wonder. And I'm almost certain they must be behind doors. You know, it's like if your boss says something and you don't agree, but you're going to... You might have to agree because your livelihood is on the line, which is essentially what it is. A lot of people's livelihoods are on the line. In fact, the only people that...

The only people that agree with it are in public, because I actually, I could not believe that they could believe it behind closed doors. Boss or not. Livelihood or not. I'm almost certain they could not, you know, believe in this way for our country. But, um...

That's it. I'm just, you know. So your biggest media company, state media, it's like North Korean state media. It's called RTE. Yeah. And it literally is an organ of the state, which is amazing. But then you have social media and you tweeted on social media, Ireland, we're at war. Yeah. You obviously are. What was the reaction from the government to that tweet? Oprah. You know, I was the scapegoat.

An incident happened where an Algerian visitor or citizen had an Irish passport in Algeria. Or so we believe that the information is not fully revealed. You can never get a straight answer from these people. Never get a straight answer. Our children were stabbed outside of an Irish school on Parnell Street.

And a teacher was stabbed trying to fight them off. And then an Irish man jumped in. And then an immigrant from Brazil jumped in. And together they wrestled them down. And then it was, you know, hide it and blame my tweets as the reason it kicked off. And that's kind of what we're dealing with. Wait, an Algerian stabbed Irish children, but it was your fault somehow? Pretty much was kind of what the rhetoric was, yes. And then...

You know, that was it, yeah, pretty much. Like I said, I often wonder about, if I think about, you know, do they believe in this? We've 6,000 members of the Defence Force, 6,000 Army, and we've about 12,000 Gardaí. I really wonder how many are happy with the direction our country was going. I cannot see, I cannot see many behind closed doors.

Guardia or the police? Guardia or the police. I cannot see many closed doors that are happy with this. Even if I look at what has happened in some of the protests where the Guardia... Essentially, the Guardia are following orders. They're doing their job. It's a tricky one. And it's a sad one to see. It was very sad and upsetting to see our Guardia turn on their compatriots. And that's what we saw. And use excessive force. But it's an order coming down and I feel...

I feel sad seeing it. I feel sad seeing it. And, you know, most recently one of them came out unnamed and said it has stayed with him. They are very, very troubled by it. And it's just a sad sight to see. You know, Ireland, we should be together. And that's what I said. I wonder how many behind closed doors are really with this cause that we are fighting.

So if I would assume it's most the majority, I think that's true in the US, too. I think our FBI is totally corrupt, as I'm sure you've read. I think most FBI agents are probably appalled, but too afraid to do anything. How long, if nothing changes, will Ireland remain Ireland? Do you think how much time do you have before it's just not? Yeah.

Well, we are a small island. We are a small, small island. And we are now... I don't even want to highlight. I'm actually at a stage now where I'm cautious of highlighting the benefits of arriving here because it's only going to attract more. You know, if I look at Trump's situation, it has decreased the amount of people who are attempting to immigrate to the United States of America because of what's going on. This is what I wish would have happened. You know, if you turn off the tap, they go or they stop coming.

If you start, if you show a basket full of golden eggs, you know, they just arrive for it, you know, and that's kind of what it is. So... It's awful here, I just want to say that. It's a free-for-all with our public wealth, with our money. A free-for-all. And it's being stolen. And it has to stop. It's not how long. I couldn't give you the exact figures, you know, statistics, anything.

It doesn't look right. It could happen a year, not long. Anyway, not long. Feels that way. So how did you, just back to my original question, you're a plumber's apprentice on an industrial site in Ireland, cutting cast iron pipes and replacing them or whatever you're doing, probably something like that. And then you wind up here thinking about running for president with these very evolved political views. How did that happen?

Having a love for one's country. That's it. I have a love for my country. I fought to represent my nation's flag on the grandest stage of fighting. That was my aspiration, to represent my nation. To open the doors of the fighting world and the martial arts world to the Irish public. And to support my teammates. We were all, we had a kindred spirit rising up, chasing our dreams and a very tight-knit spirit.

tight-knit crew and we rose up and I got in there. I was successful. I opened it up. Now the martial arts lifestyle is a real way of living for many people in Ireland and I take great happiness in seeing that. And I suppose it's just continue off of that. You know, it's a different fight now. You know, it's a different fight, but it's still a fight to represent my country and

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Five times. Five times. Did you know that you were going to be or were you trying to put your marker out and then live up to it? Well, that's what I will say here about, you know, I do not wish to be doom and gloom. My outlook on life has always been to have a positive outlook, you know, borderline delusional. I could walk into a burning house and see here birds chirping as an example. And that assisted me in being able to

block out certain things that may have impacted me and hampered me and slowed me down from getting to where I was going. So I wish to continue with that and have a positive outlook and say it's not all doom and gloom. Like I said, there are positive changes happening incrementally, slowly, but surely. Slowly but surely. And as I said, there's a great group of people and it's the majority of Irish people that are at the helm of it. I am a voice and a support and...

As I said, I'm here to serve my country, serve my country to the best of my ability and protect my country. That is all I wish. I wish for the people to have the power and myself to have a vote amongst the people. That is my aim. What did you think of President Trump? What do I think of him? Yeah.

I think he's doing very, very well. I think, you know, I was present for his 2016 inauguration, although not officially. I was there on fighting business. I was fighting in Madison Square Garden for my second UFC world title. And MMA and UFC had just become legalized in New York at the time. And I remember Trump had been just voted in and he won the election. And it was uproar on the streets and anger and

You know, fear, I suppose, was going on. And at that time, I was just an observer. You know, politics wasn't really on my mind at that time. Ireland was not really going through what it was going through at that stage in 2016. Although it was rising, it was unbeknownst to me and many in the country. Were you not political, really? Not really political, no, at that stage. You know, I was focused on my craft and it wasn't at the forefront. It all kind of took a turn post-COVID.

It all took a real turn post-COVID. And you could kind of see what was going on and what had gone on post the crash, you know, and who our government is serving. You could kind of see that come to fruition then throughout the COVID era. And then I just became more invested in it and that was it. But I was there for Trump's inauguration when he was sworn in for the first time.

fear, worry, panic. And then I was there the second time in 2024, most recent, and it was elation and excitement. And I thought it was good to see. They asked me, what do I think he'll be as a president? And I said, well, when it was 2016 in the media runs I was doing. And I said, let's see, you know, give the man a chance. He's not from a political background. He's from a different background. It's interesting. Let us see. And I thought he'd done well. You know, towards the end of the term,

There may have been times too, as a leader of a country, you almost need to wear...

you know, cool the flames. You know, maybe there were some things that might have fanned the flames towards the end of his term that I thought. But this time around, I feel he's off to a good start and I wish him well. I wish the country of the United States of America well. I consider them my dear siblings. We consider America our sibling. And I think it's going well and we're getting a good fair bit of energy from it, from Ireland, even amidst the tariff situation

that is going on you know ireland's people have not seen uh the money got to do with this whatsoever in fact we have been you know robbed of our own money and yet yet yet we are supposed to supposed to be this wealthy country yet the people of ireland are struggling to heat their homes so there are many people who are seeing this tariff situation as a you know a gotcha moment for our government i'm not so much of that i wish

I wish for our country to be prosperous and our people to be prosperous. And that's what my aim is. That's what my wish is and my hope is. So you're not necessarily against the tariffs, it doesn't sound like. Well, our government say, what good is tariffs? Tariffs are no good for nobody. Yet they've been tariffing the United States for...

If that's the case, then why have we been tariffing them? Why have we been hitting them with tariffs? I'm not so much against it. I'm watching it. I'm watching it. I wish for economic success for my nation and

Ireland deserves it. That's how it's traded. We played our cards correct in certain ways. And, you know, that's it. But like I said, fair, it has to be fair. Fairness is key here. And that's what I push for. Since no Irish politician, well, you're one of the most, maybe the most famous living Irishman. Okay, so there's that, world famous. Yeah.

And you're saying things that the overwhelming majority of your politicians will not say that are probably pretty popular with the people. So you're therefore a massive threat to the structure running your country now. What do you think they're going to do to you if you keep talking this way? Attempt to tarnish as they are, you know, attempt to disrupt as they are or possibly worse. But I do not fear.

I do not fear it. Like I said, I move forward under God. And my nation can see. My nation can see my heart and what I'm for. And that's it. That's like I move on and carry on. You're really not afraid at all? Not in my order. When do you have to make the decision about whether you want to formally enter politics? Well, we believe the election will take place November 11th. So it's a 60-day run-up prior to that. So I'm just going to keep, you know, requesting...

a democratic process to play out and allow the people to decide and see where it falls. You know, it'll become more evident if they deny this that we are not a democratic country. And they'll have to answer to their constituents at some stage. You know, there will be accountability. You know, it's how much are they going to be accountable for? They'll have to decide.

And that's it. You've described yourself as an employer. You said that a couple of times. Tell us about the businesses you employ people in. I've got many businesses here in the country. I've got about 300 staff all in. I've got public houses. I've got construction efforts going on, building social houses. Public houses, meaning we would call them bars. Pubs, yeah. Not public housing. No, yeah. A pub is short for public house. So I've got public houses. I've got breweries.

I've got companies also, we're brand building and I have also construction efforts where I'm building many social houses, houses towards the housing crisis that's going on. I currently have about 300 houses built already and I'm closing in on my next venture is about 1,000 houses built. So I'm doing my part.

to help this housing crisis. I've always been doing that. And it is at a heavy cost. I'm not going to lie. It's a heavy cost. What do you mean? Like, there is no profit in it. You know, it's a build and it's for the people. And that's it. There's no profit in building houses? No profit in it. You know, for social housing, I'm getting my money. I get my money back if I'm lucky.

You know, maybe a little sweetener, a little drink, we'll say, here in Ireland. Yeah. But for the stress it is causing and the time, it's a difficult task, but it's worth it. You know, there was one I'd done. I completed a build of eight houses. It was actually my very first one. It was maybe two years ago. I've only, maybe three or four years ago, but it was in a part of Dublin called Sandtree.

and there was eight homes and I had got them completed just before Christmas. So there were eight homeless families that were brought into their new forever home right before Christmas and that filled me with such energy to continue and go and do it and I went full steam ahead and like I said, now I'm in the process. I've got 300 strong now in construction close to finish and more than 1,000

being built already. And that's what me, my own self, able to do this with every block in my way, you know, as one individual citizen of Ireland. If I was to get in and to have influence

I really fancy my chances. I mean, the bar is so low. Every statistic, every metric is on the floor. Every metric is on the floor. I'd get in and I'd be able to decrease our homelessness, you know, build our housing, you know, slow down the role of influx of illegal migration, control the spending. I fancy it. Our country has not been run correct and it is clearly evident to everybody outside of the political paywall.

Everyone is aware of it. And even those inside of the political paywall are also aware of it. However, they are being bullied, intimidated and threatened with their livelihood unless they go along with it. So a turn will happen. A shift will happen. I'm doing my part.

And I'm proud to do so and honored to do so and I will continue to fight for my country and the future of the children of this nation. And that's it. Do you really sincerely, be honest, think that your beer is better than Guinness? So...

It's another level. It's the world's creamiest stout. Not only is it better tasting, it is better pricing. It is brewed right here in Dublin. And there's an employer of about 100 people in that brewery. It's a fantastic brewery. And the Forge Brewery, you can go and visit it if you have time. But we will go and test it if you wish. I would fancy a blind taste test today.

any day of the week and I guarantee victory we have we have done we've done amazing things with the stout to date and it's still only on the rise but there have been many taste tests done so there's a couple of stouts Guinness is the top by the minute we are number two on the rise and then there's some other brands you know there's some other great Irish brands Murphy's and Beamish it's a shared pot a rising tide raises all ships you know they're

The others are bullies. Yeah, the others are bullies. I am. I wish to build up our all our stouts and all our, you know, because Ireland, we are world champions at making stout like we are the world champions at making whiskey. It's it's put them all to the test on a blind taste test. Forge Irish stout. It's just a little weird. I guess I didn't realize that Guinness was an English company.

This is the Asheri I owned, yes. And they were, yeah. Centuries of colonial oppression and they're still selling their stout here? You know if you're not held accountable or you've got, you know, you're free to do as you will. That is what it is with Guinness. Even as they go in, I'm a publican also, so I own pubs. So I deal with Guinness and I serve Guinness. I serve my competitor, no problem. We outsell it 10 to 1. 10 points to 1 we outsell it on site. But, you know, other publicans are dealing with Guinness distributors

And they're not friendly, they're not supportive, you know, because they've never had to been. And then when I came onto the scene with Forge Irish Stout, all of a sudden they start coming and shaking the public's hand a little bit differently. They start acting Irish. They were held accountable. They had to be by the book. It was creating fairness. And then there was a hit job done on me and it kind of took me out of the market here in Ireland for a minute. And that's kind of what happened. And

It is what it is, you know, but I have the best stout in Ireland, Forge Irish stout for sure. Interesting. And you're going to have one. You don't drink beer. You don't drink any alcohol. No, I had a Guinness no alcohol last night. We can get you one of them. We've got the zero zeros on site for sure. We'll get you one of them. Yeah, it was okay. Yeah. That's nice. So in sad news, I know you said you're a, you know, looking at the bright side kind of guy, but Rosie O'Donnell has moved here.

If you're president and you tackle the immigration crisis, and I do think Pakistan and India take a lot of the blame for it, Africa, but also Rosie O'Donnell, like, would you deport her?

Can you promise to deport her? What is her criminal history? Has she got a criminal background? How did she enter the country? Did she enter the country illegally? Has she assimilated with our community? Does she hold our beliefs? Is she an upstanding member of our community? No! Or would she be? If she is not, well then she's got to go. You ain't got to go home. You got to get the hell out of here. But I don't know Rosie O'Donnell from Adam. But, you know...

I believe she's a comedian. I've seen her on our national TV. She spoke a bit ill of me. I don't know, Rosie. She seems unhappy. She seems going through something at the moment. And I'm not the type of person to kick a person when they're down. I wish for her... I believe she's a comedian is what her craft is. I wish for her to find her happiness again. And that is it. I am, you know... That would be what I would say for her. But you could feel that she was going through something. I could feel it for sure. And I wish for her...

you know, happiness and spread love in the world. That's it. Well, you're a very, very decent man, I have to say. Last question. Do you think that Ireland is like famously a spiritual country? You know, your patron Saint Patrick, after whom the day is named, you know, was a Christian leader. And you think of Ireland as like a very religious country. It's not really anymore. Do you think it's becoming more spiritually aware or less? Yeah, for sure. So you feel that? Yeah, for sure.

It's spiritual warfare going on right here. 100%. Yes. And we fancy our chances. We fancy our chances in a big way. Me too. Conor McGregor, thank you very much. Okay, Carlson, thank you very much. That was awesome. Dan, leave it up. Thank you. We want to thank you for watching us on Spotify, a company that we use every day. We know the people who run it, good people. While you're here, do us a favor. Hit follow and tap the bell so you never miss an episode.

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