UFC President Dana White publicly turned down an offer from U.S. President Donald Trump to serve as White House press secretary. The exchange took place during a briefing at the White House, according to infohub.kz.
Standing before reporters at the White House, the U.S. president put the question to White directly. "So let me ask you the big question, Dana. Would you like to be the press secretary of the United States of America? Look at the sign. You'll have that behind you all the time. The White House, Washington. Would you like that, or do you just want to stay in the ridiculous UFC?" Trump said.
White declined from the podium at the White House. "Thank you for the offer, sir. I don't want to be in politics," he said. Trump then joked that he was disappointed by White's answer and shook his hand.
It was previously reported that U.S. President Donald Trump had offered the UFC president a White House post on the social network Truth Social. In his post, the American president proposed bringing several current and former UFC fighters onto the team, including some without U.S. citizenship — for example, Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Trump later said he was joking.