Posted by Chinenye on Tue 10th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
UFC boss Dana White has turned down an offer from Donald Trump to become the next White House press secretary.
(U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo by Vanguard News)
President Trump asked his friend UFC boss Dana White, to be the new White House spokesperson, but Dana White said no.
Trump first announced the offer on social media on Saturday, then said a day later that he was only joking.
White visited the White House on Monday, and Trump brought him out at a press briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room.
Trump asked him directly whether he wanted the job or preferred to stay with the "ridiculous UFC."
White replied, "Thank you for the offer, sir.
I do not want to be in politics." Trump smiled, said he was devastated, and left the room.
White later joked that he had "zero political aspirations" and said he had not wanted to refuse the president before Trump had spoken publicly about it.
The press secretary post has been empty since Katie Zacharia left on 16 October after less than a week in the job.
Her predecessor, Karoline Leavitt, quit in August after about a year and a half.