Conor McGregor slammed over picture with Nigel Farage at Donald Trump rally

Conor McGregor has come under fire after being pictured with Nigel Farage and tagging Katie Hopkins while posting the photo on X.

The Dubliner is in Washington DC for Donald Trump's inauguration and was pictured with Farage at a rally on Sunday. In the post, McGregor referred to Farage as his 'brother' and tagged Hopkins. He wrote: -"'We are so back!' - @Nigel_Farage #MyBrother @KTHopkins #marriotdc. McGregor also included an Irish flag and Union jag emoji in the post.

Mr Trump will be sworn in to his second term in the White House on Monday, eight years after he first took oath of the office.

In a post uploaded to social media, McGregor wrote: "Honour to be in Washington, D.C., to support @realDonaldTrump the newly elected leader of the free world, and to stand with the 13 families who lost their loved ones at Abbey Gate." McGregor was referring to an incident in which an ISIS suicide bomber launched an attack at Abbey Gate outside Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in 2021 - killing 13 American service members and more than 100 innocent Afghans.

It's fair to say that the picture of the McGregor and Farage hasn't gone down well with many, reports The Mirror. One user wrote: "Well, tell your 'brother' to stop acting like a stereotypical politician and start acting like himself again." Another posted: "You were an absolute joke. Now you're worse. You seem to get worse and worse."

A third commented: "Ewww. @Nigel_Farage what are you f*****g doing, for f**** sake?" While a fourth posted: "Just, when you thought Conor couldn't go lower." Another wrote: "What a pair of horrible w******." A sixth replied to the photo: "Hang your head in shame."

McGregor jetted out to America from Dublin Airport on Saturday with his long-time coach John Kavanagh. Kavanagh shared a photo of himself and 'The Notorious' before boarding a private jet, commenting on it: "Will be a memorable birthday! Heading to the inauguration with the champchamp, thanks for the invite @thenotoriousmma we've had some memorable Jan18ths!."

At the pre-inauguration, Trump declared his supporters had “built a new American majority that will lead our country to success for generations to come." He told supporters: “Tomorrow, at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline, and we begin a brand-new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride,” before adding: “We not only won a mandate, but we built a new American majority that will lead our country to success for generations to come.”

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