Trump's Shocking Offer: Dana White as White House Press Secretary?
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President Trump said Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White has been “offered” the job of White House press secretary.
“I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday afternoon.
“I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris,” the president wrote.
In a sign the offer might have been tongue-in-cheek, Trump posted images of growling UFC fighters – along with one of White wearing a suit behind a podium.
“We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!” Trump concluded.
White, 57, seemingly responded to the offer on his Instagram Stories, posting an image of himself in the press briefing room with the caption, “On to the next chapter.”
The Post has reached out to the White House and UFC for confirmation that the offer had been extended and for any updates on the vacant position.
Trump has a long-standing relationship with White and even partnered with him to set up a UFC cage fight on the South Lawn of the White House in June to mark the 250th anniversary of the US.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung held a similar media role for UFC before he joined Trump.
The pivotal press secretary post has been vacant since Katie Zacharia left on October 16 after just five days on the job — a period which included a pair of disastrous Fox News interviews and a sole press briefing that lasted just 15 minutes.
That dismissal left Trump without a press secretary in the final few weeks before he suffered an electoral knockout in the midterms.
