Tyson was at the White House before flying to the rally in upstate New York alongside Trump aboard Marine OneWith the midterms coming up, Trump appeared at a rally in Syracuse, New York to pledge support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Blakeman.“I think we have to call him up, right?” Trump said, prompting a loud roar from the crowd at the OnCenter Convention Center in downtown Syracuse. “Mike Tyson,

will you get up here, please?”Before Tyson stepped up to the microphone, the 60-year-old embraced Trump. The two have a long-running relationship, with Tyson serving as part of Robert F. Kennedy’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative.According to lip-reading expert Nicola Hickling via Covers, Trump made an admission to Tyson when the old friends first greeted one another on stage. Before Tyson walked. up to the podium, Trump seemingly told him: “I need to make a big impression today.”Tyson addressed the crowd with a brief message in support of his former business adviser and friend. He said: “Thank you, thank you very much. I’m just happy to be here with my president, President Trump, and there’s no way in the world I would ever be here if it wasn’t for a president like Donald Trump.”When asked how Republicans would fare in the midterm elections, Tyson insisted “Donald Trump will win” — even though the president is not running in an election this fall.As the two stood side by side, Trump, who is claimed to be 6-foot-3 according to official White House records, appeared roughly the same height as Tyson. The boxing legend is 5-foot-10.After arriving back in Washington, D.C. from the rally, Tyson walked alongside Trump’s well-known aide Natalie Harp and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, when the boxing legend appeared to shut down Harp with a blunt remark. Analyzing the exchange exclusively for the Irish Star, Hickling suggested that Harp informed Tyson that they had to take a different entrance. “We gotta go round and use the other door,” Harp reportedly said, before Tyson responded, “I’m busy on the phone.”