Conor McGregor hits out at Donald Trump's tariffs just weeks after visiting the US President at the White House

Conor McGregor has deed retired astatine Donald Trump pursuing the President's daze tariff announcement - perchance putting and extremity to the duo's bizarre bromance.

Trump, who said his 'Liberation Day' announcement was a 'declaration of economical independence', has slapped a 10 per cent tariff connected US imports of UK goods - and experts judge a question of terms rises volition deed American consumers first, with Brits aboriginal facing akin increases.

Speaking successful the White House Rose Garden, helium acceptable retired sweeping commercialized levies hitting countries crossed the world, including Ireland - the location of McGregor.

As Ireland is successful the European Union, they volition look a 20 per cent tariff, which is treble what the UK person been dealt.

McGregor, meanwhile, visited Trump arsenic the White House past month and began donning a 'Make Ireland Great Again' headdress - akin to Trump's celebrated reddish headdress with the aforesaid slogan but for America.

They were each smiles then, but McGregor has present deed retired astatine the President, which could bring and extremity to their relationship.

'To beryllium charged treble the United Kingdom is an abomination!' McGregor posted connected X. 'If this is afloat reciprocal, what connected world are we charging our brothers successful the US 20 per cent for astatine the bid of the EU.

'Although we are successful the EU, Ireland indispensable administer exemption to our siblings successful the United States abstracted to the EU, and the favour past returned.

'Ireland volition abstracted present and we volition complaint 10 per cent connected Irish goods to the US and the US volition complaint 10 per cent to america also. Fair play. Otherwise, and possibly the caveat successful each of this, we should nary longer beryllium successful the EU.'

Experts person said it volition beryllium a bumpy roadworthy up for Brits, contempt the UK appearing to travel retired the slightest scathed successful Trump's announcements.

Clarissa Hahn, an economist astatine Oxford Economics, told the BBC that portion the archetypal question of terms rises volition deed American consumers first, UK citizens whitethorn aboriginal look akin increases.

This would beryllium owed to the imaginable fluctuation of the pound, and speech rates with different currencies, which were volatile successful the aftermath of Trump's announcements.

If prices rise, Ahmet Ihsan Kaya, main economist astatine the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, told the broadcaster that this whitethorn besides 'prompt workers to request higher wages.'

She added that if the UK decided to get into a commercialized warfare with the US successful effect to the tariffs, user prices would besides rise.

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McGregor proudly declared that helium has the 'complete backing of the full Trump administration' successful 1 of a flurry of societal media posts aft his arguable White House sojourn a fortnight ago.

The Irish mixed martial arts combatant was invited to the conscionable Trump and respective members of the medication to people St. Patrick's Day and helium utilized his level to occurrence shots astatine Ireland's Prime Minister.

He claimed that rampant migration was starring to Ireland 'potentially losing its Irishness'.

In the days that followed his singular sojourn to Washington, the 36-year-old lifted the lid connected his interactions, claiming to person had 'productive meetings' with elder officials.