--- title: Donald Trump Says Ronda Rousey Likes Him But She Begs to Differ description: Donald Trump says Ronda Rousey likes him. But it seems the 2016 Republican candidate may have misread the UFC champion's feelings. canonical: https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-20T11:37:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:05.462Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says Ronda Rousey Likes Him But She Begs to Differ og:description: Donald Trump says Ronda Rousey likes him. 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But it seems the 2016 Republican candidate may have misread the UFC champion's feelings. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ef3046d4bdad44/6987837d5f570f2301b15bb0/ronda-rousey-ufc-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says Ronda Rousey Likes Him But She Begs to Differ ## Video: Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2015-07-23. Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 20, 2015 11:37 AM UTC  Ronda Rousey speaks to media in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2015. Ronda Rousey speaks to media in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2015.Josh Hedges—Zuffa/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 20, 2015 11:37 AM UTC Donald Trump says Ronda Rousey likes him. But it seems the 2016 Republican candidate may have misread the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion’s feelings. In a recent [interview with CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-chris-cuomo-cnn-interview/index.html), Trump said Rousey is a great example of women being good fighters, and said, “Some of them are really, really good. I’ll tell you what, I know some woman that are just — Ronda Rousey is an example, who likes me. … I’d take her on my side as a fighter.” But in [an earlier interview](http://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2015/07/30/ronda-rousey-ifc-trump-intv.cnn/video/playlists/ufc/) with the network, Rousey seemed to have the opposite feelings towards Trump: “I mean, I wouldn’t vote for him,” she said. “I just really wouldn’t trust the guy with running my country, that’s all. … I’m not really going to get into specifics of it, but, I mean, I don’t want a reality TV star to be running my country.” Trump is currently leading most national polls of Republican candidates. _Read Next:_ [_TIME’s cover story on Trump – The Donald Has Landed_](http://time.com/trump/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says Ronda Rousey Likes Him But She Begs to Differ","datePublished":"2015-08-20T11:37:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:05.462Z","description":"\"I don't want a reality TV star to be running my country\"","url":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Ronda Rousey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ef3046d4bdad44/6987837d5f570f2301b15bb0/ronda-rousey-ufc-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ef3046d4bdad44/6987837d5f570f2301b15bb0/ronda-rousey-ufc-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ronda Rousey","caption":"Ronda Rousey","creditText":"Josh Hedges—Zuffa/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/","name":"Donald Trump Says Ronda Rousey Likes Him But She Begs to Differ"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump","description":"Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7MzTpVq2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-23T21:38:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4004468/donald-trump-ronda-rousey/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```