President Trump and Dana White hold press briefing – November 9, 2026
President Trump and Dana White held a surprise White House press briefing on Monday after meeting at the White House.
This comes after Trump offered White the role of White House press secretary, announcing on Truth Social Saturday, “I 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.”
Trump went on to say he was just “kidding” when he offered White the job, but they had an unrelated meeting scheduled for today.
“I was having a little fun, and I said, ‘How about Dana White being the press secretary?’” Trump said when the two appeared in the briefing room.
“He’s a great guy. He’s done an unbelievable job. Most successful, you know, we talk Don King, who’s a friend of mine—I got a lot of friends—but you talk about fight promoters; this is more than a fight promoter. This is a man that’s done the most incredible job anybody’s ever seen. UFC, it’s like broadcasting the NFL, the numbers and what he’s been able to do. And he’s done a lot of press.”
” Even Karoline [Leavitt] would admit that Dana is really very unique. The only problem is he’ll talk for a little while, and then he’s going to beat the hell out of you,” he added, noting that White could fill the role, “if he would only take the job.”
“He loves the idea, and I love the idea. The only thing is we have other things we have to think about, but he’s a unique person, and he was seeing me anyway, unrelated, and I thought maybe he would say a few words. And I think he’d probably like the job. He loves the country, and he would do a hell of a job.”
White then spoke to reporters briefly, joking, “I’ve always wanted to do this. Who has the first question?!”
“I have zero political aspirations. I was in a fight for Zuffa Boxing in London when he called me and told me that he had done this,” White said. “And the last 24 hours of my life has been insane. But yeah, good to see you!”
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After nearly 30 minutes of taking questions, Trump stopped the shouting reporters to publicly proposition Dana White to be his press secretary.
“I can’t keep this man waiting. He’s a very, very powerful man. So let me ask— Wait, wait, wait. So, let me ask you the big question: Dana, would you like to be press secretary of the United States of America?” Trump said, turning to the UFC CEO. “Look at the sign. You’d have this behind you all the time. The White House, Washington. Would you like that, or do you just want to stay with this ridiculous UFC, huh?”
White, laughing, responded, “Thank you for the offer, sir. I have no— I do not want to be in politics.”
“I am devastated to hear this,” Trump said. “Goodbye, everybody. Thank you, everybody. Just to conclude, our country is doing really well. We’re respected by everybody in the world. Something that was not true two years ago. Our country is doing better than it’s ever done before.”
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