President Trump floats UFC boss Dana White for White House press secretary role
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President Donald Trump used Truth Social to invite UFC CEO Dana White to become White House press secretary, while the White House and UFC have not said whether the offer is real.
President Donald Trump used Truth Social to declare that he wanted UFC chief Dana White to serve as White House press secretary, posting, “Dana, please take the job!” The suggestion lands while the press secretary position has been empty since mid-October, after Katie Zacharia left the role.
The White House and UFC, including its parent company TKO Group Holdings, have not replied to BBC questions about whether the invitation is official or just another publicity stunt. In the same post, Trump called White a “violent Fighter and Warrior” and implied that several prominent UFC fighters could come with him, saying they would help “defend us against the Lunatic Left.”
White later posted an Instagram photo of himself standing behind the lectern in the White House press briefing room with the caption, “On to the next chapter,” though it was not clear whether the image was meant seriously or as social-media theater.
White, who also heads Zuffa Boxing, was recently seen at a UFC bout in London between Chris Billam-Smith and Cheavon Clarke. He has previously attacked media coverage of UFC events, including a 2020 video in which he dismissed reporters’ concerns about pandemic-era fights and a 2009 video that used an anti-gay slur while disputing a journalist’s account of backstage credentialing.
“None of the venues wanted [the UFC],” White told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, in 2025. “They didn’t believe in it. They didn’t like it, and they were worried about the type of crowd that would show up for this type of event.”