As he watched a series of MMA fights ringside, Trump surrounded himself with some of his most loyal allies — nearly all of whom are outside the traditional power structures that have dominated

The president-elect’s visit to UFC 309 — and the site of his inflammatory Oct. 27 rally, where a comedian called Puerto Rico an ‘island of garbage’ — was steeped in symbolism.

A return to Madison Square Garden meant revisiting the place where a comedian caused an uproar at a Trump rally last month by likening Puerto Rico to a "floating island of garbage."