Legendary boxer Mike Tyson joined forces with President Donald Trump, attending a New York campaign rally.
Tyson was photographed in the White House press briefing room with a massive smile on his face:
Mike Tyson in White House press briefing room. He’s traveling to New York with President Trump for a campaign rally tonight. https://t.co/4GpfhZHsvd
— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) October 9, 2026
He also posed with assistant to the President & White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung, who jokingly warned “no ears were safe.”
The Champ @MikeTyson is in the house! No ears were safe! https://t.co/QHMGbRyzHB
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) October 9, 2026
Eventually, Trump and Tyson headed out to New York, but not before stopping by reporters.
Watch:
.@POTUS: “This is Iron Mike Tyson. I won’t be fighting him today, but I’ve been his fan for a long time. We’ve been friends for a long time. Iron Mike — there’s nobody like him.” https://t.co/ZMgd7FAPwA
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 9, 2026
“We’re going up to a place called Syracuse and we’re gonna get some wonderful people elected. This is Iron Mike Tyson. I won’t be fighting him today, but I’ve been his fan for a long time. We’ve been friends for a long time. Iron Mike — there’s nobody like him,” Trump gushed. “He was a champ, he was a real champ. People were afraid to fight him. He was something special. He’s going with us to Syracuse.”
The fighter was even brought on stage to speak:
🚨 WOW! Mike Tyson just EMERGED on stage with President Trump in New York
THIS IS SO EPIC 🔥
TYSON: “I’m just happy to be up here with my president, President Trump! There’s no way I’d be here if it wasn’t for a president like Donald Trump!”
TRUMP: “I don’t wanna fight him!” 😂
Tyson rode Air Force One the WHOLE WAY HERE
And he was even at the White House earlier today.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 10, 2026
“I’m just happy to be up here with my president, President Trump! There’s no way I’d be here if it wasn’t for a president like Donald Trump!” Tyson exclaimed.
Trump was campaigning to help Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman turn the blue state red, asking voters to “[p]lease pretend I’m on the freaking ballot” when they are voting this November.
“And in a really, in a certain way, I am on the ballot because they can take away everything that we, that we got,” he added.
“[Blakeman will] save this state. He’ll turn the state around and I’ll help him from the White House. I’ll be helping him for governor,” Trump said.
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