According to a viral rumor on social networks in recent days, basketball legend Michael Jordan has given his support to Donald Trump for the American presidential election.
According to our research, it was at the beginning of the week that the first posts claiming that “Michael Jordan supported Donald Trump’s candidacy for president” began to appear. The rumor quickly gained momentum, to the point of being repeated in publications with several million views.
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Michael Jordan does not appear in the list of supporters of the now elected Republican candidate. Faced with the extent of this false information, those close to the retired basketball player were forced to clarify the situation. “There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Michael Jordan supported the presidential election,” they told the British newspaper. The Independant.
Before the election of Donald Trump, and while the race for the White House was still in full swing, many American celebrities publicly positioned themselves in favor of one of the two main candidates. For example, we can cite Billie Eilish, George Clooney, Katy Perry or the other basketball stars Stephen Curry and LeBron James alongside Kamala Harris. Other celebrities like Tiger Woods, Elon Musk and Hulk Hogan have supported Donald Trump.
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