Trump Taps UFC Boss Dana White for White House Press Role

WHO:

Daily Mail Sports - President Trump offered UFC chief Dana White the White House press secretary position.

Deadline - Trump described White as “a violent Fighter and Warrior.”

Variety - White is the UFC’s president and CEO; Katie Zacharia had held the press secretary role before being ousted.

IJR - Trump asked White to bring several MMA fighters as assistants.

WHAT:

Daily Mail Sports - Trump announced on Truth Social that White had been offered the job of “Press Secretary of the United States.”

Deadline - Trump said, “Please Take The Job!” The article said it was unclear whether Trump was joking, trolling, both, or neither.

TMZ - Trump offered White the next White House press secretary job; the article’s headline characterized it as an open role.

Variety - Trump asked White to bring assistants to “Defend Us Against the Lunatic Left.”

IJR - The offer’s seriousness and whether White would accept it remained unclear.

WHERE:

Daily Mail Sports - The offered position was press secretary of the United States.

Deadline - The position was White House press secretary.

TMZ - Trump made the offer in a Truth Social post.

Variety - Trump made the offer on Truth Social.

WHEN:

TMZ - The Truth Social post was shared “Saturday.”

Variety - Zacharia was ousted in October.

WHY:

Deadline - The offer would fill the vacancy left after the previous press secretary’s departure.

Variety - The role became vacant after Katie Zacharia was ousted.

HOW:

Daily Mail Sports - Trump announced the offer in a Truth Social post.

IJR - Trump proposed that White bring several MMA fighters to serve as assistants.

(UPDATED November 7, 2026 21:55 UTC)

President Trump offered UFC chief Dana White the White House press secretary job in a Truth Social post. Trump urged White to accept, calling him a “violent Fighter and Warrior.” He also suggested White bring MMA fighters as assistants; whether the offer was serious remains unclear.