Final Preventing Championship CEO says he’ll meet with the US president on Monday to debate the provide.
Printed On 8 Nov 2026
Final Preventing Championship (UFC) chief govt Dana White has mentioned he’ll meet with Donald Trump after the US president supplied him the job of White Home press secretary.
Talking at a brand new convention after a boxing occasion in London on Saturday, White mentioned he would meet with Trump on the White Home on Monday to debate the president’s provide.
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“Dana will likely be a Press Secretary like none different,” Trump wrote on Reality Social earlier on Saturday. “Dana, please take the job!”
Trump additionally requested that White “convey with him assistants, although some will not be from our Nation”.
Trump listed and posted footage of six present and former UFC title holders to hitch White: Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov from Russia’s Dagestan area; People Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and “Kayla Harris”, possible a reference to Kayla Harrison; and Amanda Nunes, a Brazilian who grew to become a US citizen final 12 months.
“We’d like these individuals to defend us in opposition to the Lunatic Left,” Trump wrote.
The White Home press secretary position has been vacant since Katie Zacharia’s tenure ended last month after simply 5 days.
Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down from the position on the finish of August.
White and Trump first labored collectively within the early 2000s, however they grew nearer since the UFC chief publicly backed Trump’s presidential marketing campaign in 2016.
Lately, Trump has attended a number of UFC occasions, and in June, the White Home hosted an evening of UFC fights as a part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.
The White Home press workplace already has a former UFC spokesperson amongst its ranks: Director of Communications Steven Cheung, who labored for White’s organisation from 2013 to 2016.
Cheung shared the president’s message on X and mentioned, “Hell yeah! Do it, @DanaWhite! It’ll simply be like outdated instances!”
