Dana White has claimed Donald Trump 'can't be racist' because he was friends with Michael Jackson, using the late pop star as the centrepiece of his defence during a New York radio interview this week. The UFC boss made the comments while pushing back against long-running allegations of racism aimed at the 79-year-old president.
Trump has faced accusations of racism for decades, from a 1973 US Justice Department housing discrimination lawsuit to his promotion of the birther conspiracy against Barack Obama and his harsh rhetoric about immigrants and Muslim-majority countries while in office. White, a long-time Trump ally and now chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was pressed on that history during an appearance on The New Yorker Radio Hour with editor David Remnick, where the pair discussed White's career and his 25-year friendship with Trump.
