Dana White press secretary job — President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has extended an offer to UFC CEO Dana White to become White House press secretary, framing the mixed martial arts executive as a combat-ready defender against political opponents. The move comes just days after midterm elections delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump’s party, with Democrats capturing both chambers of Congress and several key governorships.
In a Truth Social post, Trump described White as a “violent Fighter and Warrior” and said he had been offered the role of Press Secretary of the United States. The president also indicated he had asked White to bring along some of his “assistants,” all of whom are mixed martial artists, adding that “some are not from our country.” Trump concluded the post by urging White to accept: “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana, please take the job!”
Neither White nor the White House immediately responded to requests for comment. However, White later posted a on his Instagram story showing himself standing behind the White House press briefing room lectern, captioned simply, “Onto the next chapter.”
A Role Already in Flux
The offer lands in the wake of recent turmoil in the press secretary’s office. Weeks earlier, Katie Zacharia had replaced Karoline Leavitt in the position, but her tenure lasted only five days before she was forced out—the shortest stint on record for the role, surpassing Anthony Scaramucci’s infamous 11-day term.
Trump and White share a friendship that stretches back more than two decades. In the early 2000s, Trump, then a casino magnate, offered the UFC use of his Taj Mahal venue at a time when the organization was struggling for mainstream acceptance. During the 1990s, the UFC had been driven out of Las Vegas due to concerns over its violent nature. A month before a Trump-hosted fight in Atlantic City, the UFC’s new owners appointed White as the organization’s president. White has frequently credited Trump with taking the sport seriously when few others did, remarking, “Nobody took us seriously. Except Donald Trump.”
White has since become a vocal and financial backer of Trump’s political campaigns. Most recently, Trump hosted a UFC fight on the White House lawn in June, an event during which fighter Josh Hokit thanked the president for “having the balls to put some shit like this on.”
The press secretary offer represents an unusual crossover between the worlds of professional fighting and presidential politics, and it remains to be seen whether White will accept the position or remain in his current role leading the UFC.
