UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell has effectively burned any bridges with the Trump administration after launching allegations against the president regarding his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
In the latest episode of his podcast “ArkanSanity,” Mitchell didn’t mince words about what he views as deliberate inaction on prosecuting elite p*dophile rings.
The Arkansas star made his position crystal clear when discussing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the broader issue of child trafficking. Mitchell directly accused Trump of being compromised, stating: “Donald Trump’s doing nothing because he himself is compromised. That’s the truth. Only somebody that is compromised themselves would not pursue such evil, filthy, nasty bastards.”
Mitchell went further, questioning Trump’s legitimacy as a leader in combating child exploitation. “How can this guy run ICE, but he can’t prosecute known p*dophiles?” he asked.
The UFC star referenced Trump’s dismissive comments about Epstein, saying Trump “acts like they don’t exist” and tries to “play it cool like we’re going to forget.” Mitchell made his suspicions unmistakably clear: “And now I think you’ve been r*ping kids on an island. I don’t trust you to run ICE, brother.”
The comments represent a dramatic shift for Mitchell, who previously might have been considered for White House visits alongside other UFC competitors who have met with Trump. Instead, his podcast has become a platform for increasingly controversial views on government institutions, vaccines, public schools, and law enforcement agencies.
Mitchell’s criticism of Trump centers on what he sees as a failure to prosecute the “largest sex trafficking ring in the world.” He argued that Epstein’s arrest and alleged death, combined with minimal prosecution of associates, demonstrates complicity at the highest levels.
“Jeffrey Epstein and he got captured, his wife got captured. I believe they killed him and then they’re letting his wife off the hook where they should be interviewing her and getting everybody that was in the ring and they all ought to be getting punished,” Mitchell said.
The star invoked conspiracy theorist John McAfee’s claims about Department of Homeland Security involvement in child trafficking to support his broader thesis that government institutions cannot be trusted. Mitchell declared: “Our government is literally trafficking children. You have to understand that to understand why I don’t trust ICE.”
Any possibility of Mitchell receiving invitations to White House events or being featured in Trump administration promotional materials appears definitively over.
Also safe to say Bryce won’t be at the White House card pic.twitter.com/t3sS1lBYvI
— Matysek (@Matysek88) December 1, 2025
