Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary
President Donald Trump offered the job of press secretary to UFC president and CEO Dana White on Saturday.
Key points
- The two have business ties going back decades, and White has helped Trump reach out to younger voters.
- White has neither formally accepted nor turned down the invitation.
- chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”.
Speaking to reporters on his way back the White House from his beach club in Florida, Trump explained the premise of his joke, that if the UFC boss, who is a devoted fan of the president, took over the briefing room, flanked by six fighters, reporters “wouldn’t mess around with him so much”.
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