Several leading cage fighters have endorsed Trump. 

At the start of the month, the former president received a standing ovation at a UFC event in New Jersey.

Mr White, who was in Saudi Arabia, described Trump’s remarks as a joke.

Migrant crime

But critics said this was just the latest in a series of inflammatory remarks by the former president about migration, an issue he sees as defining in his bid to regain the White House.

Trump has accused the president of being responsible for migrant crime and claimed the murder of student Laken Riley by an undocumented Venezuelan was the result of the White House’s weakness on immigration.

The former president also used his speech to evangelicals to appeal for their support by endorsing Louisiana’s new law which requires The 10 Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.

“Has anyone read the ‘Thou shalt not steal’? I mean, has anybody read this incredible stuff? It’s just incredible,” he said.  “They don’t want it to go up. It’s a crazy world.’’