On Saturday, President Donald Trump sent one of those Truth Social posts that required a check to make sure it wasn’t fake: The president announced that he had offered the vacant White House press secretary job to a surprising name: UFC head Dana White.
Describing White as “a violent Fighter and Warrior,” Trump also suggested that White bring with him several prominent MMA fighters, including “Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris,” because “we need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left.”
Trump went on to implore White to take the job, and included a photo of White in a suit, in front of the presidential seal, along with the fighters he mentioned.
“Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!”
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How serious is Trump? Possibly not very, as indicated by his announcing that White has been “offered” the job, and not that he has taken it. After all, White House press secretary is a full-time job, one that can’t really be done by someone who is otherwise busy as president and CEO of UFC.
It is known, however, that Trump and White are longtime allies, with White appearing with Trump on the campaign trail and at multiple Republican National Conventions, and also helped bring about the White House MMA event last summer.
Social media users had quite a bit to say about the “offer” to White:
Folks, come on, it’s obviously a joke because Dana White won’t leave the UFC.
Not that Trump wouldn’t love this. https://t.co/31rTmRPXM9
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 7, 2026
Here is Dana White slapping his wife in the face multiple times and shoving her https://t.co/ZOGsKWxAna
— FactPost (@factpostnews) November 7, 2026
Dana White is worth $600 million, he’s not going to become Press Secretary
https://t.co/f0AWgHR7nX— Nick Field (@nick_field90) November 7, 2026
Trump continues to crash out and dig himself into an even deeper hole.
He now says he’s offered the White House press secretary job to UFC’s Dana White and wants him to bring MMA fighters into the press office, “even though some are not from our Country.” https://t.co/gazQ0fcpI7
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 7, 2026
This is real.
Trump offers UFC head and admitted spousal abuser Dana White the job of WH Press Secretary.
Granted, it comes in the form of a Truth Social post, but as this White House has said these should be treated as official statements “straight from the horse’s mouth.” https://t.co/QzSyaW3jXQ
— Jim Lokay (@Lokay) November 7, 2026
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