Ahead of the 2020 US presidential election, UFC superstar Conor McGregor shared some words of support for the nation via Twitter. The Irishman's Tweet read:"God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her. Through the night with the light, from above."Conor McGregor@TheNotoriousMMAGod bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide herThrough the night with the light from above 297361690God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide herThrough the night with the light from above 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🙏The United States of America, where the UFC bases most of its operations, quite obviously had a significant role in McGregor's rise to superstardom and as such it's only natural that the Irishman feels a special bond with the country.McGregor has received love from the American media and the public. 'The Notorious' has been featured on multiple popular American late-night talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live and Conan.Watch Conan featuring McGregor below:The UFC superstar was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch for the 2021 MLB game between the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins.Watch Conor McGregor deliver the first pitch below:BetMGM 🦁@BetMGMJust a bit outside from McGregor 15236Just a bit outside from McGregor https://t.co/7hhRNW9MmI'The Notorious' also spends a sizeable amount of time in the US and owns a luxurious mansion in the fighting capital of the world, Las Vegas.However, McGregor has on a few occasions expressed his aversion to politics.Conor McGregor talks about the 2016 US presidential electionsIn a 2016 interview with BT Sport, UFC megastar Conor McGregor had some strong opinions about the presidential election. The Irishman stated that he didn't care at all about the on-going polls.'The Notorious' expressed that he didn't think anything was going to change regardless of who won the election:"I just could not give a boll**ks. With all due respect, the whole thing is just weird to me... I don't think, whoever wins, anything is even going to change. I think the public are just brainwashed into this, as if any thing is going to happen with this one. I don't think either of those two contenders, whatever they are, have any power in anything anyway."Watch McGregor's interview with BT Sport below:When the reporter asked McGregor whether he himself was interested in giving politics a go, the UFC athlete stated that he was unsure about it as he didn't like conning people too much:"Maybe, maybe, but I'm not, I don't like to con the people too much. So maybe not."