Trump says he asked Dana White, UFC boss, to be his new White House press secretary

White says he has meeting with Trump in Washington DC on Monday, without saying whether he will accept the job Donald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the president said in a social media post on Saturday. Trump described White, who staged a cage-fighting spectacle at the White House to mark the president’s 80th birthday in June, as “a violent Fighter and Warrior”, credentials unlike any ever used to describe previous press secretaries.

Trump added that he asked White, a vocal supporter who campaigned for him in 2024, to bring six UFC fighters with him to serve as press aides. “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left,” Trump wrote. “Dana, please take the job!” It was initially unclear whether the job offer was part of an actual plan, or an attention-grabbing stunt from a president desperate to change the subject from the huge losses suffered by his party in elections this