WATCH LIVE: Trump Rallies for GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Bruce Blakeman in Syracuse, New York with Mike Tyson – 7:30 PM ET

President Trump will deliver remarks tonight in New York during a rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, who is running against incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul. 

Trump was seen leaving the White House this afternoon with former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who is expected to join him at the rally.

Mike Tyson is flying with @POTUS to his rally in Syracuse, New York tonight https://t.co/TwHqJC1YsK

— Jordan Conradson (@ConradsonJordan) October 9, 2026

Tyson, a native New Yorker, met with the President at the White House earlier, after reportedly giving the President a letter from disgraced rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs in January.

Per the New York Post:

Iron Mike explained he “spoke to him once on the phone” and revealed that Diddy asked for a favor.

“He wanted me to give a letter to the president,” Tyson said, prompting Cohen to ask if he in fact did “give a letter to the president from him?”

“I did what he told me to do,” Tyson said, without providing further details.

Tyson’s good deed for Diddy first made headlines when insiders told The US Sun in January that the athlete hand-delivered a letter to Trump.

Sources close to Tyson claim he was given a pardon request letter by someone in the disgraced rapper’s inner circle and asked him to deliver it personally to Trump, according to the publication.

Details of their meeting remain unclear.

Trump and Tyson spoke to reporters briefly while departing the White House earlier.

“I won’t be fighting him today, but I’ve been his fan for a long time. We’ve been friends for a long time, Iron Mike, ain’t nobody like him,” Trump said.

“He’s going with us to Syracuse, and we’re fighting for a great gentleman, you know, Bruce Blakeman and a couple of congressmen, and we think we have a chance at the Congress too, the two, and we’ll have a good time. We have a big audience. We’ve been sold out at every arena, and like every single arena, we have a line waiting, trying to get in. And they’ll be happy to see Mike.”

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Trump is scheduled to speak at 7:30 pm ET.

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