President Donald Trump has said he was “only joking” about offering the UFC presidency Dana White the job of White House press secretary.
“So I was joking, but I think Dana likes the idea, and he’s a very capable guy,” the president, 80, told reporters on Sunday, November 8, according to a statement by The Keeper. “Of course, I was joking. And you could see that because I put all the great fighters as his assistants, they’re all going to join him. It was just a bit of fun.”
The clarification comes after the commander in chief announced through his social media platform Truth Social that he had offered the job to White, 57. “I am happy to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent fighter and a Hero, has been offered the job of United States Press Secretary,” the president wrote one day before. “I have asked that he bring helpers, even if some are not from our country, de Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunesand Kayla Harris.”
The president, who has been looking to fill the vacancy ever since Katie Zacharias relieved of her duties after just five days, she continued at the time, “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like no other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Us They reached out to both the White House and White’s representatives for comment but did not hear back.
After the president shared news of his alleged job offer to White, he appeared to double down on the decision earlier Sunday. Going Truth Social again, Trump shared an AI-generated cartoon that showed White attacking the media while repeating a sexist and transphobic conspiracy theory about the first lady. Michelle Obama.
“Trump made me press secretary. I helped out,” the cartoon began, showing a Family Guy-esque White stands behind a podium in the White House press room and is flanked by several mixed martial artists, including Nurmagomedov, 38, and Makhachev, 35.
AI-White then ordered various fighters to take out reporters after asking questions including, “Is Trump a threat to democracy?” and “Is Michelle Obama running in 2028?”
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“Michelle Obama is human. Am I right, America?” a cartoon version of a UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit answered the last question, revealing Hokit’s true thoughts after the match on June 14 at the UFC Freedom 250 event held on the South Lawn of the White House. (White criticized Hokit’s statement, calling it “nasty and false.” Hokit later said his statement was intended to reflect Obama’s ability to “handle chaos.”)
White himself apparently got in on the fun, too, over the weekend, telling reporters Saturday after a boxing event in London that he was “flying to Washington, DC right now.”