Dana White, the managing director of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is a combat promoter. This means that the old saw usually applies that “all advertising is a good advertising”.
But with a simple greeting, the combative ally of President Trump may have stretched the proverb to his border.
On the other hand, Andrew and Tristan Tate, the controversial internet personalities that had recently left Romania, which were exposed to the exit, were subjected to criminal accusations, including human trafficking, were subjected to his Power Slap event in Las Vegas on Friday. The travel ban was lifted at the end of the last month.
In a widespread video of his interaction with the crime, Mr. White can be heard: “Welcome to the states, boys.”
The next night the crime was at another events by Mr. White when they took part in the UFC 313.
Mr. White has built up a billion -dollar business for numbers that say outrageous and sometimes hideous things. As a clever cultural figure, he contributed to define a new, masculinist American mainstream in which large brands, right -wing YouTubers and celebrities mix freely.
But by greeting the Tate Brothers Lange as the misogynistic outer edge of the so-called manosphere and was accused of crimes against women-Herr White was taken in the tent in such a way that even some prominent internet commentators that vigorously support Mr. Trump expressed a shock.
“I’m done with @ufc,” wrote John Cardillo, a conservative influencer, about X. “If @danawhite cannot draw a line and not be broken up by trash can that brag about the care and rape of young girls, it tells me everything I need to know.”
The Misfit Patriot, an X-account that supports Mr. Trump, posted a video by Mr. Tate in which he discussed with marriage and sex with 16-year-old, and commented: “Hey.@Danawhite, that is the guy whose hand she just shaken last night.”
Representatives of the crime and Mr. White did not immediately answer inquiries about comments.
The Tate brothers who claim that they are innocent are not out of legal danger. James Uthmeier, Attorney General of Florida, announced last week that his office had opened a “preliminary investigation” for the brothers who have dual citizenship in the United States and Great Britain.
“Florida has no tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women,” said Uthmeier. “If one of these alleged crimes triggers Florida’s jurisdiction, we will be accountable.”
This did not stop the brothers, which governor Ron Desantis from Florida repeatedly mocked on social media. Since their arrival in the United States, they have performed in the popular Full Send Podcast, which was organized by Kyle Formenard von The Nelk Boys, a close ally by Mr. White’s. as well as in the Trump-supporting podcasts by Patrick Bet-David and Keith and Kevin Hodge.
These phenomena have created a lot of attention and support from fans of the crime, cracks within the conservative media ecosystem. Prominent personalities such as Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro have spoken out against the crime, which have also drawn a lot of criticism from religious groups and various other political groups in the conservative world.
“The way in which conservative and conservative organizations react to Andrew Tate, which matters to US floor, will tell you everything you need to know about you,” Jeremy, the managing director of the Daily Wire, wrote to X. “Every organization or host that hugges him is far worse than simple, although it is. Andrew Tate is the enemy of a traditional American conservatism. “
Last November, Mr. Trump, by adding young men to his coalition, won a success that many cultural observers have attributed to Mr. White. But Mr. White had his own controversy – in 2023 he was shot to hit his wife on vacation in Mexico, for whom he said: “There are no excuses for it” – and the sensitivity of men’s culture, the characters like him, profane, outrageous and enchanting to get them going with more traditional conservative groups.
By by Mr. Tate, whose subscription was Room Network offered a program to have taught the members of how to maintain women for sex work, Mr. White may have highlighted cracks in parts of the Trump coalition.
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