'Strange' Donald Trump, Alina Habba Video Goes Viral

A video of Donald Trump attending UFC 296 on Saturday with his lawyer, Alina Habba, has gone viral online.

MMA fighter Colby Covington lost against Leon Edwards at the T-Mobile Arena, which Trump watched cage side. Edwards easily defeated the former interim champion and with a score of 49-46, he kept his championship.

The former president, who was attending his second UFC event in just over a month, turned up to the event alongside Dana White, the sport's president, and musician Kid Rock.

A clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows that Habba was also in Trump's entourage as he entered the Las Vegas arena. Trump first hired Habba in September 2021 and has worked with her to fight multiple lawsuits. Melania Trump was noticeably absent from the occasion.

Newsweek reached out to Habba and a Trump representative for comment via email Wednesday.

The video was posted by user @cturnbull1968, who added the caption: "It's a little strange that nobody in MAGA world appears to care that Trump now goes everywhere with Alina Habba and not Melania."

At the time of writing it had been viewed over 523,000 times, with people taking to the comment section to weigh in on Habba's attendance at the event.

"If I was being indicted every 15 minutes, I'd have my hot lawyer close by at all times," one person wrote.

"It's classless and disrespectful. Habba isn't a business partner or running mate to justify being a married man's +1 at public events. It's disgusting but you're correct, Trump's cult doesn't care," said another.

"She thinks she's a super star in her miniskirt. She's a joke in the legal world," said a third.

A fourth person added: "Exactly, and I mean she's EVERYWHERE he goes."

Other people criticized the X user for starting rumors about the state of Donald Trump and Melania Trump's relationship by implying Habba was replacing the former president's wife.

"Starting rumors? Can you get any lower??" one person asked.

"Ummmm maybe she doesn't like mixed martial arts... My wife never goes golfing with me because she doesn't like it," another person commented.

Someone else added: "Seems like you're the only one bothered felicia."

Habba uploaded a series of photos to Instragam at the fight, with the first photo being of her holding a UFC Championship belt. She also shared other photos from the event, as well as a video of Trump walking through the crowd.

"#UFC296 did not disappoint 🙌🏼 @lilpump @kidrock @danawhite @teamtrump," she captioned the post.

This is the second UFC fight night the attorney has attended with Trump, as they were in the audience at UFC 295 in November. She wore a necklace with the letters FJB–short for "F*** Joe Biden"–and a matching purse with "MAGA" etched across the front in rhinestones.

She uploaded a carousel post to Instagram on November 12 with photos from the event, in which she can be seen seated next to Donald Trump Jr.

In a press conference after the fight on Saturday, Covington blamed his loss on Trump's attendance.

While wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, Covington said Edwards "didn't put any damage on me," before adding: "I thought I had the win. I thought I did enough but y'know, the judges have never favored me. They hate me because I support Trump and y'know everyone hates Trump in this building so y'know it is what it is. Life goes on."

In his post-fight speech, the American welterweight fighter heaped praise on Trump and endorsed him in the upcoming election.

"I want to shout out Donald Trump. You can delay, but you can't deny us. He's going to make America great again, reduce inflation and secure our borders. Donald Trump is the only one that can do that. Vote Donald Trump in 2024," Covington said.