Conor McGregor proudly declared that he has the ‘complete backing of the entire Trump administration’ in one of a flurry of social media posts after his controversial White House visit this week.

The Irish mixed martial arts fighter was invited to the meet President Donald Trump and several members of the administration to mark St. Patrick’s Day and he used his platform to fire shots at Ireland’s Prime Minister.

One post on Wednesday morning contained images of a meeting with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth. McGregor wrote: ‘Tremendously productive meeting!’