Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White has remarked he will meet with Donald Trump after the US president offered him the job of White House press secretary.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White has remarked he will meet with Donald Trump after the US president offered him the job of White House press secretary.
Article outline
- What happened
- Background
- Official response
- The bottom line
Key points
- White and Trump first worked together in the early 2000s, but they grew closer since the UFC chief publicly backed Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.
- "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other, " Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier on Saturday.
- The White House press office already has a former UFC spokesperson among its ranks: Director of Communications Steven Cheung.
- The White House press secretary role has been vacant since Katie Zacharia's tenure concluded last month after just five days.
- "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left, " Trump wrote.
Speaking at a new conference after a boxing event in London on Saturday, White remarked he would meet with Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss the president's offer.
"Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other, " Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier on Saturday. "Dana, please take the job!"
Meanwhile, the White House press secretary role has been vacant since Katie Zacharia's tenure concluded last month after just five days.
Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt. This person stepped down from the role at the end of August.
Over recent years, Trump has attended a number of UFC events, and in June, the White House hosted a night of UFC fights as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.
In practice, the White House press office already has a former UFC spokesperson among its ranks: Director of Communications Steven Cheung. This person worked for White's organisation from 2013 to 2016.
Cheung shared the president's message on X and remarked, "Hell yeah! Do it, @DanaWhite! It'll just be like old times!"
In short, trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
