Dana White brushes off Trump's joking press secretary pitch
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UFC CEO Dana White told reporters he would not accept President Donald Trump's offhand offer to serve as White House press secretary, saying he has no interest in stepping into politics.
At a White House news conference on Nov. 9, UFC chief Dana White said he rejected President Donald Trump's joking suggestion that he become the administration's press secretary, making clear that he does not want to enter the political circus.
White said he flew to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7 after Trump posted on Truth Social that he had offered him the job, only to learn the next day that the entire thing had been a joke. "The last 24 hours of my life have been insane," White said, describing the bizarre whirl of events.
Trump told reporters the remark came during a rough press day and said he believed White would be "fantastic" in the role. White, a longtime friend of the president who has hosted him at UFC events and introduced him at political rallies, then went back to promoting upcoming UFC fights after the brief episode.
The press secretary position has been vacant since Katie Zacharia left in October, following the departure of Karoline Leavitt earlier in the year.