Trump Slammed After Encouraging Creation Of UFC 'Migrant Fight League': 'They're Nasty, Mean'

Former Republican President Donald Trump suggested violence would be the answer when tackling issues at the border.

On Saturday, Trump promoted the idea of an Ultimate Fighting Championship-like smackdown against migrants by suggesting there should be a team of fighters taking on a "migrant league" of fighters whom he referred to as "nasty" and "mean" people.

He made the comments dehumanizing migrants at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's 2024 Road to Majority Conference, where he was a keynote speaker.

He recalled a conversation he claimed to have had with UFC President and CEO Dana White, saying:

“Why don’t you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then you have the champion of your league — these are the greatest fighters in the world — fight the champion of the migrants."

The presumptive GOP nominee continued:

"I think the migrant guy might win, that’s how tough they are.”

Trump said White didn't like the concept “too much."

“But actually, it’s not the worst idea I’ve ever had,” said Trump coyly.

He also said of migrants:

“These are tough people, these people are tough, and they’re nasty, mean.”

You can hear Trump's comments below.

White, who is a friend of Trump's and has appeared alongside him at several UFC events, confirmed the conversation with the ex-President took place.

“It was a joke, it was a joke," said White, adding:

“I saw everybody going crazy online. But yeah, he did say it.”

Social media users had plenty to say about Trump's remarks.

While the idea was widely panned as reprehensible, some could still name even worse ideas he's had.

Trump continued demeaning migrants, claiming they're "just getting comfortable now."

"They're gonna start hitting us very hard. These people are bad."

Trump's remarks were a continuation of his violent rhetoric demonizing those crossing the border.

At a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio, in March, Trump claimed without evidence that other countries were sending criminals to the U.S.

He said:

“I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases. They’re not people, in my opinion.”

Trump also said in an interview in December that the “country is being poisoned” by migrants "coming in from prisons and jails, long-term murderers, people with sentences that the rest of their lives they’re going to spend in some jail in some country that many people have never even heard of."

"They’re all being released into our country.”