Jake Paul speaks as President Trump looks on at Verst Logistics in Hebron, KY. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via Fox News)
President Trump just gave boxer-turned-influencer Jake Paul the kind of endorsement most politicians would kill for — and Paul isn’t even running for anything. Yet.
During a packed rally at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky on Wednesday evening, Trump called Paul onto the stage and dropped this bombshell on the crowd:
“I’m going to make a prediction that you will be, in the not-too-distant future, running for political office. You have my complete and total endorsement.”
The crowd at the packaging facility went nuts. And Paul — the 27-year-old Ohio native who’s built an empire from YouTube videos to professional boxing — didn’t exactly shy away from it.
“We never back down from a fight”
Paul took the mic and delivered what sounded a whole lot like a campaign speech for a guy who supposedly isn’t campaigning:
“What Mr. Trump has taught me is courage. We never back down from a fight, even if they’re much bigger than you, much, much bigger than you. I feel all the local Kentuckians feel the same way. You guys have that fight. You guys have that swag.”
He talked about growing up just a few hours away in Cleveland, Ohio. Talked about his dad teaching him to fight. And then he pivoted to the kind of blue-collar economic message that would sound right at home in any Republican primary:
“We’re here representing the United States. We need more factories thriving like this one.”
Trump set the stage by telling the audience he’d been hesitant when Paul first asked him to appear on his podcast — but did it anyway.
“His local podcast is big stuff and he’s big stuff. This guy has guts.”
The YMCA moment
Because it wouldn’t be a Trump rally without the signature dance — the two were later spotted busting out the YMCA together in a TikTok video Paul posted. The clip is already going viral.
Not just Jake Paul — Massie was the main target
The Kentucky stop wasn’t just a Jake Paul pep rally. Trump was there on a mission: to take out Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in the May 19 primary.
Massie, who led the charge to release the Epstein files and tried to rein in Trump’s war powers over Iran, has been a persistent thorn in the president’s side. And Trump didn’t hold back.
“We’ve got to get rid of this loser.”
He called Massie a “nutjob” and “disloyal to the Republican party,” while bringing his endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein up on stage.
“I wanted just, give me someone with a warm body to beat Massie, and I got somebody with a warm body, but with a big, beautiful brain and a patriot.”
Gallrein took his shot too: “You deserve a congressman who stands united with you, the Republican party and the President.”
Nick Sandmann was there too
Trump also brought up Nick Sandmann — the Kentucky student who became a household name after his 2019 encounter at the Lincoln Memorial went viral and the media tried to destroy him for wearing a MAGA hat.
“The only thing I can say is Mr. President, thank you, because it’s us together that can beat the radical left. We will always stand with you.”
Earlier: drug prices and the Iran war
Before Kentucky, Trump stopped at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Reading, Ohio to tout his Trump-RX platform for discounted prescriptions. And throughout both events, he addressed the ongoing war with Iran — striking a confident tone.
“Way ahead of schedule. We’ve knocked out their Navy, their military in all forms. Their missiles are down 90 percent, their drones are down 85 percent, we are blowing up factories left and right.”
The Kentucky Democratic Party tried to push back, claiming Trump “can’t sell his failing economy to Kentuckians.” But judging by the packed house at Verst Logistics, Kentucky didn’t get that memo.
As PatriotFeed reported, the president’s Ohio-Kentucky swing comes as he continues to consolidate the party and put establishment Republicans on notice — whether they voted for his agenda or not.
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