Dricus Du Plessis‘ return to South Africa following UFC 312 was unusually quiet.
The final time ‘DDP’ returned to his residence nation following a profitable middleweight title protection over Israel Adesanya, the South African star had followers aplenty ready to greet him.
Nevertheless, that was not the case following his dominant determination victory over Sean Strickland and a few imagine it could have one thing to do together with his current assist of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Forward of his rematch with Strickland in Sydney, Australia, Du Plessis posted an image of himself on Instagram carrying a t-shirt that learn “Trump supports Champions.” Du Plessis later defended the choice, including: “He [Trump] said he wants champions in his team.”
‘Stillknocks’ additionally praised Trump in the course of the UFC 312 media scrum, a lot to the chagrin of South Africans.
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“I think he’s an amazing, amazing president and I’ve had the privilege of meeting him,” Du Plessis stated. “With everything going on right now, change is coming, good changes. He will hold a lot of countries accountable for everything. Obviously, being a champion, he said he wants champions in his team and he said it on X. Big shout-out to fellow South African Elon Musk for also doing the right thing. Like I said, Trump prefers champions.”
South Africans shred Dricus Du Plessis for supporting Trump
Contemplating Trump’s disparaging remarks relating to racial points in South Africa, lots of the nation’s inhabitants have been lower than enthused with Du Plessis’ determination to assist the POTUS.
“Dricus du Plessis bending the knee to Trump and Elon is embarrassing,” one other added. “For an athlete who built his brand on national pride and representing South Africa, this move is incredibly divisive.”
“Let us be honest with one thing here, Dricus du Plessis is not representing South Africans, he’s representing the racist treasonous group Afriforum & its supporters, that is why he is an Elon Musk and Trump praise singer, while spreading the ‘white genocide’ misinformation,” a 3rd wrote.
“We are all disappointed considering the support we gave this guy,” a fourth added.
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