Former MMA champion Conor McGregor, fresh off a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, announced Thursday his candidacy for Ireland’s presidency.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins is term-limited from seeking a third seven-year term.

While visiting the White House on Monday, St. Patrick’s Day, McGregor reportedly raised the issue of immigration, saying “Ireland is at the cusp of potentially losing its Irishness” and that an “illegal immigration racket” was “running ravage on the country.”

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