Trump Offers Dana White White House Press Secretary Job

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had offered the vacant White House press secretary position to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White, proposing that the mixed martial arts promoter bring several UFC fighters with him as assistants, Ian Casselberry reported for Uncrowned.

UFC chief executive Dana White faces an unusual offer from President Donald Trump to become the next White House press secretary. [Photo: Andrius Petrucenia, Wikimedia Commons]

“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 wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.

“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 Harrison,” Trump added.

“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! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

White had not confirmed accepting the offer. Speaking at a boxing event in London on Saturday, he said he was flying to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with Trump on Monday and expected to have more to say afterward.

CNN had previously reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that White had declined the idea.

However, his subsequent remarks about meeting Trump left the status of the offer unclear.

The unusual proposal also prompted speculation on social media that Trump might have confused the UFC executive with another person named Dana White.

Dana W. White, a former assistant to the US defense secretary for public affairs who also worked with the Heritage Foundation and Fox News, would be a more conventional candidate for the communications position.

However, there is no verified evidence that Trump intended to appoint that individual.

Trump's post named six UFC fighters as potential assistants, including Russian athletes Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, American fighters Justin Gaethje and Daniel Cormier, Brazilian-born Amanda Nunes, and American fighter Kayla Harrison.