Okay, so I got wondering about this whole Mike Tyson and Donald Trump thing the other day. You hear names thrown around, especially with politics heating up, and I just wanted to figure out what the real story was. Is Tyson actually a Trump supporter?
My first move, like always, was just hitting up my usual search engine. Didn’t get too fancy. I typed in stuff like “Mike Tyson support Trump” and “Tyson Trump relationship”. You know, the obvious stuff.
Right away, a bunch of articles popped up. Some were from big news places, others looked more like opinion blogs. There was stuff dating back quite a while, actually. It wasn’t just recent news.
Digging Through the Results
I started clicking through some of the more credible-looking links. What I found was interesting. It seems like Tyson and Trump have known each other for a long, long time. Way back, like from Tyson’s heavy boxing days in the late 80s and 90s. Trump hosted some of his fights at his casinos in Atlantic City.
So, there’s definitely a history there. It wasn’t just a recent political thing. I found mentions of mutual respect over the years.
Then I focused on the political side. I looked for actual quotes or interviews.
- I found several reports and even video clips from around the 2016 election period. In those, Tyson seemed pretty positive about Trump. He mentioned their long-standing relationship and seemed to endorse his run back then.
- He didn’t seem shy about saying he supported Trump at that time. I saw quotes like him saying they were “real friends” and he was backing him.
- I made sure to look at different sources reporting the same thing, not just one random site. Seemed consistent that he voiced support around 2015-2016.
Checking for More Recent Stuff
Okay, so that was 2016. What about now? I tweaked my search terms a bit, adding recent years like “Mike Tyson Trump 2020”, “Tyson Trump 2024”.
Honestly, I found less direct noise more recently compared to the 2016 cycle. It seems the big wave of public comments was around that first campaign. That doesn’t necessarily mean his stance changed, just that maybe he wasn’t talking about it as much publicly, or the media wasn’t covering it the same way. The focus lately seems more on his boxing comeback, his podcast, and other ventures.
I didn’t find any big statements where he clearly reversed his earlier support. But I also didn’t find a lot of recent, vocal campaigning for Trump either. It felt more like the connection is based on their long history.
My Takeaway
So, after poking around for a bit, reading different articles, looking for direct quotes… yeah, it looks like Mike Tyson has definitely supported Donald Trump, especially publicly during the 2016 election. Their relationship goes way back before politics. While he might not be shouting it from the rooftops every day recently compared to back then, I didn’t find anything strong to suggest he’s completely flipped his view. It’s clear there’s a long-standing connection and past support there. Just took a bit of digging through search results to piece together the timeline.
