Trump offers UFC chief Dana White the White House press secretary job

US President Donald Trump has offered Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White the job of White House press secretary. White has said he will meet Trump on Monday to discuss the offer.

Speaking at a news conference after a boxing event in London on Saturday, White said he would meet Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss the president’s offer.

Earlier on Saturday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Dana would be a press secretary like none other, adding: Dana, please take the job!

Trump also asked White to bring assistants with him, even though some are not from our country.

Trump listed and posted pictures of six current and former UFC title holders to join White: Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov from Russia’s Dagestan region; Americans Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and Kayla Harris, likely a reference to Kayla Harrison; and Amanda Nunes, a Brazilian who became a US citizen last year.

We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left, Trump wrote.

The White House press secretary role has been vacant since last month. Katie Zacharia’s tenure ended after just five days.

Zacharia had succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down from the role at the end of August.

White and Trump first worked together in the early 2000s, but they grew closer after the UFC chief publicly backed Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016.

In recent years, Trump has attended several UFC events. In June, the White House hosted a night of UFC fights as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.

The White House press office already has a former UFC spokesperson among its ranks: Director of Communications Steven Cheung, who worked for White’s organisation from 2013 to 2016.

Cheung shared the president’s message on X and wrote: Hell yeah! Do it, Dana White! It’ll just be like old times!