唐纳德·特朗普总统周六晚上在纽约参加终极格斗锦标赛时遭到了激烈的嘘声。
社交媒体上分享的视频显示，尽管一些人为总统与他的两个儿子、一些高级共和党人、UFC主席白大拿和一些特勤局特工一同进入麦迪逊广场花园欢呼雀跃，但嘘声在售罄的人群中占主导地位。
一场反对特朗普的小规模抗议活动也在竞技场外举行。竞技场是纽约最负盛名的场所，位于特朗普此前称之为自己家的市中心。
许多人在推特上发布了嘘声的片段，并对嘲笑做出了回应。
创立欧亚集团的政治科学家伊恩·布雷默(Ian Bremmer)说:“看到特朗普在终极格斗锦标赛上嘘声，真的很惊讶。这应该是他的人群。”
另一名推特用户基廷·托马斯(Keating Thomas)说:“特朗普在一场UFC比赛中遭到嘘声？这就像伯尼·[·桑德斯]在布鲁克林的一家素食面包店被嘘一样。”
这是总统在一周内第二次在参加体育赛事时遭到嘘声在世界系列赛第五场比赛中，棒球球迷发出刺耳的反应在华盛顿特区
特朗普转发了他进入UFC 244的不同镜头，这些镜头说他的到来得到了“积极的反应”，但是拍摄时离扬声器太近，以致于大声播放了空调/DC的摇滚歌曲“黑色回来”，以至于很难区分是嘘声还是欢呼声。
埃里克·特朗普还在推特上说，人群高呼“唐纳德·特朗普，唐纳德·特朗普...美国，美国，”但这是与图像共享的，而不是与视频共享的。人群中还可以看到写着“除掉特朗普”和“弹劾特朗普”的标志。尽管球迷们反应消极，但UFC的怀特站在特朗普一边，表示这是这项运动的一个重要时刻。
“太神奇了，”他在活动结束后的新闻发布会上说。“如果你十年前问我，我会告诉你这项运动将会做这个做那个，但是就像[·乔治·布什的棒球赛或者[·巴拉克的美国职业篮球联赛一样，现在UFC有一位总统参加了其中的一项赛事。这就像是一笔大交易。就像我们成功了。”
怀特在这项运动的发展过程中发挥了重要作用，从卑微的杂耍到拳击，再到将其发展成一家拥有数百万美元的公司，该公司以与ESPN的交易而自豪，并生产康纳·麦格雷戈和隆达·罗西等家喻户晓的品牌。
2019年11月2日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在纽约麦迪逊广场花园参加UFC 244。
这项运动在被主流接受方面也面临着许多挑战，因为一些知名人士认为它是野蛮的，而且经常被政治家们比作斗鸡。已故亚利桑那州参议员约翰·麦凯恩也持这种观点，他发起了一场长期运动来禁止这项运动。
特朗普是早期支持UFC的人之一，然而，当这项运动被其他场馆避开时，他却主办了UFC的赛事。
怀特补充道:“我永远不会说唐纳德·特朗普的坏话，因为别人不在的时候，他就在那里。”。
TRUMP BEING BOOED AT UFC 244 EVENT A SURPRISE, SAYS POLITICAL SCIENTIST: 'THIS SHOULD BE HIS CROWD'
President Donald Trump received heavy booing on Saturday night as he attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in New York City.
Though some cheered upon the president's arrival into Madison Square Garden for UFC 244—who entered alongside his two sons, some high-ranking Republicans, UFC President Dana White and a handful of Secret Service agents—boos dominated from the sell-out crowd, according to videos shared on social media.
A small anti-Trump protest was also staged outside the arena—New York's most storied venue that lies in the heart of the city that Trump had previously called his home.
A number of people tweeted footage of the booing and added their reactions to the jeering.
Ian Bremmer, a political scientist who founded the Eurasia Group, said: "Honestly surprised to see Trump booed at Ultimate Fighting Championship. This should be his crowd."
Another Twitter user, Keating Thomas, said: "Trump got booed at a UFC match? That's like if Bernie [Sanders] got booed at a vegan bakery in Brooklyn."
It is the second time within a week the president was booed while attending a sporting event after also receiving a raucous reaction from baseball fans in game 5 of the World Series in Washington D.C.
Trump retweeted different footage of his entrance into UFC 244 which said his arrival had a "positive reaction," but was filmed so close to speakers that blared AC/DC's rock song "Back In Black" that it was difficult to distinguish whether the noise was boos or cheers.
Eric Trump also tweeted to say that the crowd was chanting "Donald Trump, Donald Trump... USA, USA," but this was shared with an image as opposed to a video. Signs reading "Remove Trump" and "Impeach Trump" could also be seen in the crowd.
Despite the negative reaction of fans, White of the UFC stood by Trump and said it was a big moment for the sport.
"It's amazing," he said in a press conference after the event. "If you had asked me ten years ago, I'd tell you the sport's going to do this and do that, but like baseball games for [George W.] Bush or like the NBA for [Barack] Obama and now the UFC has a president that attended one of the events. It's like one of the big deals. It's like we made it."
White was instrumental in developing the sport from being a humble sideshow to boxing to growing it into a multi-million-dollar company that boasts deals with ESPN and produces household names such as Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2019 in New York City.
The sport also faced numerous challenges in receiving mainstream acceptance as it was considered barbaric by some prominent figures and often compared to cock-fighting by politicians. The late Arizona Senator John McCain was among those to hold that view and he waged a long campaign to ban the sport.
Trump was among those who supported the UFC at its early days however, hosting its events when the sport was shunned by other venues.
"I would never say anything negative about Donald Trump because he was there when other people weren't," White added.
