Former President Trump suggested in speeches Saturday that migrants coming to the U.S. should have their own fighting league, remarking that they’re “nasty, mean” and “tough people” who could beat the nation's top fighters. Speaking to conservative Christians at a Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering in Washington, D.C., Trump said he shared the idea with Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Politico reports. “I said, ‘Dana I have an idea. Why don’t you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league fighters,” Trump said, “and then you have the champion of your league — these are the greatest fighters in the world — fight the champion of the migrants.’” “I think the migrant guy might win,” Trump said, adding that White “didn’t like that idea too much.” Trump repeated the idea during a rally in Philadelphia.
Trump’s rhetoric on was the latest in a longstanding series of remarks demonizing immigrants entering the U.S. illegally, calling them "vermin" and proclaiming they are "poisoning the blood" of America. His comments come as voters overwhelmingly support securing the southern border, prompting President Biden and congressional Democrats to propose tighter security there. “Remember this, these migrants are tough. They’re tough. They come from prisons and many other places, rough places,” Trump said. “They’re just getting used to a country. They’re just settling in.” During his Faith & Freedom Coalition speech, he reiterated his plans to, if reelected, “begin the largest deportation operation in American history.”
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