Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary
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Dana White, chief executive of the UFC, says he will meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss Trump's offer of the press secretary job.
Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive Dana White says he will meet US President Donald Trump on Monday after Trump offered him the job of White House press secretary. White spoke at a news conference after a boxing event in London on Saturday and said the meeting would take place at the White House to discuss the offer.
Earlier that day, Trump wrote on Truth Social that "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other" and urged him to take the job. Trump also asked White to bring assistants with him, "even though some are not from our Country". He listed six current and former UFC title holders and posted their pictures: Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov from Russia's Dagestan region; Americans Justin Gaethje and Daniel Cormier; "Kayla Harris", likely meaning Kayla Harrison; and Amanda Nunes, a Brazilian who became a US citizen last year. Trump said these people were needed to defend the country against the "Lunatic Left".
The press secretary post has been vacant since Katie Zacharia's tenure ended last month after only five days. She had succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down at the end of August.
White and Trump first worked together in the early 2000s and grew closer after White publicly backed Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Communications Director Steven Cheung, a former UFC spokesperson, welcomed the idea on X.
