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UFC’s Dana White As White House Press Secretary? Trump Says “Please Take The Job!”

US President Donald Trump has offered the White House press secretary job to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 7 sources•1 min read•Updated November 8, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC
Key points
  • It was unclear how genuine the president's offer was, although White later said he would travel to Washington for them to meet.
  • It was not immediately clear whether Trump was joking, trolling, both or neither.
  • If White accepts the gig, he would fill the vacancy left when […].

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was asking mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to be the new White House press secretary.

On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization’s C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.

Additional details
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO says he will meet with the US president on Monday to discuss the offer.
  • Trump has repeatedly tried to hitch his MAGA brand of politics to White's enormously successful Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  • White has neither formally accepted nor turned down the invitation.

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