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\nPresident Donald Trump offered UFC CEO Dana White, his longtime friend and supporter, the White House press secretary position in a social media post on Saturday.
\nWhite, 57, said Saturday in London that he would be travelling to Washington, DC, to meet Trump but gave no further details.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of jobs already,\u201d White said at the post-fight news conference for Saturday\u2019s Zuffa Boxing 12 event. \u201cWe have a meeting on Monday, so I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have more to talk about after that.\u201d
\nWhite also posted an image of himself at the White House press briefing podium on his Instagram story with the comment, \u201cOn to the next chapter.\u201d
\nCNN reported before White\u2019s press conference that he would decline the president\u2019s offer.
\nTrump was at his golf club in Florida on Saturday when he posted his offer for the position, which has been vacant since Katie Zacharia was removed in October after only five days on the job.
\n\u201cI am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
\n\u201cI have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, [including] Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris,\u201d Trump added, referring to UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison. \u201cWe need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP\u201d
\nKaroline Leavitt was press secretary until she left the role in August after the birth of her second child.
\nTrump has been a regular attendee of UFC events, including bringing a fight card to the White House\u2019s South Lawn in June. UFC Freedom 250 celebrated the country\u2019s 250th anniversary as well as Trump\u2019s 80th birthday.
\nTrump has worked with White since the Trump Taj Mahal casino hosted a UFC event in 2001.
\nWhite has spoken in support of Trump, including speeches at the Republican National Convention in 2016, 2020 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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