Eric Trump shut down claims that he tried to hack UFC White House fights as shown in DMs allegedly shared by the UFC. Daniel Cormierwho has said that he was “hacked.”
The drama between Trump, 42, and Cormier, 47, began over the weekend when the former mixed martial artist posted and quickly deleted a series of DMs in which President Donald TrumpThe second oldest son asked him for the inside scoop on Sunday's UFC fights, June 14, on the White House's South Lawn.
“Can you tell me anything about the fighters tomorrow? Who did you find the winner?” Eric is said to have written to Cormier, according to The Daily Beast. In another message, he appeared to ask, “Do you know of any injuries?”
Cormier responded, “I'm not sure why you're asking me this but I think they're all in good shape.”
Eric then texted Cormier, “I'll just follow. Are there any fights tomorrow?” [Diego] Lopes is fighting and I think an upset wouldn't be too unlikely. $$.”
The exchange ended with a clear message from Cormier that read, “No, we don't have a fight [are] I forgot and honestly I'm surprised you would ask me such a thing.”
The caption read, “I will probably get a lot of flak for bringing this up, but I refuse to stay silent. UFC is a sport I love and I will not tolerate this kind of internal behavior. Shame on anyone who tries to destroy this beautiful event.”
As screenshots of the post circulated via X, Eric denied that the exchange was real.
“This is completely false! I have never reached out to Daniel. Honestly, this is scary,” she wrote.
In another post that appears to have been deleted, Eric wrote, “We are aware of fake, AI-generated screenshots being circulated online. I have never spoken to Daniel. He has removed his post, confirming it was clearly fabricated.”
Cormier, on the other hand, said that his account was hacked and that the post was completely false.
“It's not real. I can't believe you guys believe that. … I got robbed or something,” Cormier said in a street interview shared by Championship Rounds via X.
The UFC color commentator also took to X to write, “Are people really that dumb?”
Eric retweeted Cormier's video and post and thanked him for speaking out.
Sunday's unprecedented UFC event at the White House, also known as UFC Freedom 250, was held in honor of Donald's 80th birthday, as well as America's 250th birthday. Matches were held between several UFC fighters, including Ilia Topuira again Justin Gaethje, Alex Pereira again Cyril Gane, Sean O'Malley again Aiemann Zahabi, Josh Hokit again Derrick Lewis, Mauricio Ruffy again Michael Chandler, Bo Nickal again Kyle Daukaus and Lopes again Steve Garcia.
The president remained silent while Gaethje, Gane, O'Malley, Hokit, Luffy, Nickal and Lopes won.
Apart from these battles, in this event the national anthem was sung by a country singer Zac Brownwho faced controversy for his participation.
“Man, I'm here for the military, man. I'm here to honor America,” said Brown, 47, on the Wednesday, June 10, episode of The Pat McAfee Show. “This is patriotism, not politics for me.”
