{"id":282059,"date":"2018-08-02T10:41:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282059"},"modified":"2018-08-02T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T17:41:06","slug":"photo-colby-covington-gets-his-wish-meets-president-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/photo-colby-covington-gets-his-wish-meets-president-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Colby Covington gets his wish, meets President Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, pictures surfaced of UFC President Dana White visiting US President Donald Trump at The White House. At the time,<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/photo-dana-white-visits-donald-trump-at-the-white-house-without-colby-covington\/\"> it looked as though White had done so without<\/a> UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington \u2014 despite Covington&#8217;s longstanding hopes of meeting the US President.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, however, Covington did get his meeting with Trump. Shortly after photos of White and Trump surfaced, Covington posted a photo of himself and the President to his official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>See it below:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA\/status\/1025064933736759298<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like [Donald Trump] always says: Promises made. Promises kept,&#8221; Colby Covington said in the caption for this photo. &#8220;Pleasure to finally meet you Mr. President. Thank you for always putting America first!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Covington implies in this caption, essentially promised\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-colby-covington-updates-on-whitehouse-visit-meeting-with-donald-trump\/\">he&#8217;d meet Trump before the year was out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019m very optimistic that it\u2019s gonna happen,\u201d Colby Covington said on a July episode of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-88-colby-covington\/\">BJPENN.COM Radio<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of time. We have to get our schedules right. I\u2019ve been traveling. Trump\u2019s a busy man. He\u2019s doing all his political rallies, so it\u2019s definitely gonna happen, and I can guarantee you, I\u2019m going to be leaving my belt at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark my words,\u201d he added. \u201cYou heard it here first on BJ Penn Radio, I will go to the White House before the end of the year. I will drop my gold belt in the Oval Office, shaking hands with Donald Trump, the greatest living American to date. The leader of the free nation, Donald J. Trump. A great American citizen. He\u2019s addicted to winning. Everybody, the liberal scum that want to say stuff about him, you cannot mistake the fact that he loves his country, and he\u2019s doing everything he can to make this country great again. So, I will drop my belt to Donald J. Trump, and leave it at the Oval Office. You mark my words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, pictures surfaced of UFC President Dana White visiting US President Donald Trump at The White House. At the time, it looked as though White had done so without UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington \u2014 despite Covington&#8217;s longstanding hopes of meeting the US President. 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