UFC CEO Dana White to Meet President Trump About Potential Press Secretary Role
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Dana White said he will meet President Donald Trump on Monday to discuss an offer to become White House press secretary, a position that has been vacant since last month.
UFC chief executive Dana White announced he will travel to the White House on Monday for a meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss an offer to serve as White House press secretary. The discussion follows Trump’s invitation posted on Truth Social, in which he asked White to take the job and suggested he bring assistants, some of whom are not U.S. citizens.
Trump also posted images of six current and former UFC champions, including Islam Makhachev, Khabir Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes, indicating a desire for them to join White in the role.
The press secretary position has been unfilled since Katie Zacharia left the post after a five-day tenure, succeeding Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down at the end of August.
White and Trump first worked together in the early 2000s and their relationship deepened after White publicly supported Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump has attended several UFC events, and the White House hosted a UFC night in June as part of the nation’s 250th-anniversary celebrations.
The White House press office already includes former UFC spokesperson Steven Cheung, who served the organization from 2013 to 2016.
"Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Hell yeah! Do it, @DanaWhite! It’ll just be like old times!" Cheung shared on X.