'Dana, please take the job!' – Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secretary

The BBC has asked the White House and TKO Holdings, the parent company of UFC, for comment. US President Donald Trump has asked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White to be White House press secretary, in a social media post. "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Dana, please take the job!" The BBC has asked the White House and TKO Holdings, the parent company of UFC, for comment. The vacancy for White House press secretary has been open since mid-October, when Katie Zacharia exited after just a few days on the job. Trump's post comes after his fellow Republicans were routed in the US midterm elections, losing their congressional majorities.

In Saturday afternoon's post, Trump called White "a violent Fighter and Warrior" and asked that he bring a number of high-profile UFC fighters with him on the job. "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left," Trump wrote, alongside photos of the six fighters. Following Trump's post, White posted an Instagram photo of himself behind the podium in the White House press briefing room. "On to the next chapter," White's post said, though it was unclear if the post was tongue-in-cheek. Famously combative, White has at times clashed with journalists covering the sport during news conferences. In 2020,