'His mind is gone': Ex-Trump advisor shares big mistake in recent interview

Donald Trump's onetime campaign adviser thinks the former president is suffering mental decline for a surprising reason: an Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight named Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov.

A.J. Delgado took to X Tuesday morning to explain to non-UFC fans why exactly Trump's preference for Nurmagomedov, professed in an interview with influencer Adin Ross Monday, was potentially disastrous.

According to Delgado, Trump's response to a single question revealed two problematic truths.

"Trump actually knows almost nothing about UFC/MMA but likes attending bc the crowd claps," Delgado wrote. "He's old and his brain is GONE."

Delgado, who has been stuck in a legal battle with Trump's campaign after she claimed it discriminated against her, argues Trump made it plain to UFC fans that he knows much less about the sport than he claims with his answer to the question, "Who are your favorite fighters?"

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Trump ignored fighters such as Jorge Masvidal or Colby Colvington, both of which have expressed outward support for his campaign, and named Nurmagomedov instead.

"So he goes with 'Khabib,'" Delgado writes. "Notice he's unable to list FIGHTERS (plural), which was the question. (No real UFC fan lists only ONE fighter, when asked. But Trump is NOT a real fan - it's a ruse for base appeal."

Rather than discuss Nurmagomedov's assets in the ring, Trump pivoted back to politics and argued the fighter had urged him to stop the war in Ukraine.

Delgado points to video of Nurmagomedov at a UFC event in New Jersey in June in which he urges Trump against war, not in Ukraine, but Palestine.

"Trump's brain REALLY is in severe decline," writes Delgado. "I actually don't think he's lying here - I think this shows us his mind is gone."