FIGHT FOR THE PODIUM: Dana White Flies To Washington After Trump Press Secretary Offer

 

UFC President Dana White says he is on his way to Washington after President Donald Trump publicly offered him the job of White House press secretary. Trump announced the offer on Saturday, November 7, in a Truth Social post that called White a "violent Fighter and Warrior" and asked him to bring several UFC fighters along as assistants to take on Trump's critics. Speaking to reporters in London after Zuffa Boxing 12, White said he was "flying to Washington, D.C., right now" for a meeting with Trump on Monday. He joked that he already has a lot of jobs, declined to say whether he had talked to Trump about it beforehand, and said he would have more to say after the meeting.

What happens next is far from clear, because the reports conflict. TMZ says White will meet Trump in the Oval Office, but CNN cited a source who said White had already declined the idea, and the White House has not confirmed that the offer is official. One aide told CNN that Trump may have been joking, though the post came as the president is still searching for a new press secretary. Karoline Leavitt left the job in August, and her successor, Katie Zacharia, was fired after only five days following a rocky briefing, the shortest tenure in history. White is a longtime friend and supporter of Trump who helped host a UFC event on the White House lawn in June, but he has no political experience, so the big question is whether Monday's meeting is a job interview or just a friendly chat.