Donald Trump is a popular figure among the MMA community, but supporting him has been detrimental to Jorge Masvidal.
Despite winning the 2024 US election, Trump has long been surrounded by controversy. The United States president is serving his second term in the White House, but many disagree with his policies—with CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg just one of those.
Political disagreements are often enough to be put in somebody’s bad books, and that was the case for Jorge Masvidal. After aligning with Donald Trump, Masvidal was unmonetized on several platforms, forcing him to miss out on a ton of cash.
“[I got] a ton of hate [for supporting Trump] and still do to this day,” Masvidal said. “Initially I was making very good money on YouTube and Facebook.”
“I was monetized, I was f***ing killing the game. I’m talking about good f***ing money. Like, I didn’t have to fight money. Very good money.”
“I did a video with [Donald Trump Jr.]. We got like 44 million views. I’m talking about two or three days later, simultaneously, Facebook and YouTube unmonetized me.”
“[There was] no reason why. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, you put this video that was flagged.’ There was no reason why. We were like, ‘What the f***.'”
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After years of fighting to regain monetization, Masvidal was once again unmonetized on the two platforms.
“I was on my way to making money [again]. Trump goes down to Florida in 2023 and he asks me to come to Hialeah, to the rally.”
“So, I gave out a couple words, I did a little speech. Immediately, that was on say like Thursday, on Friday morning again I was unmonetized on Facebook and YouTube.”
“I don’t even give a f***, bro. Because what’s this money if I don’t have this country?”
Listen to Jorge Masvidal discuss Donald Trump and more below.