Trump's offer to UFC CEO

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US President Donald Trump announced that he offered UFC fighting organization CEO Dana White the post of White House press secretary. In a social media post, the president called on White that he would be a press secretary like no other, and even asked him to bring along martial arts stars as assistants in order to protect the administration from the deranged left. Early reports on CNN said White had refused the US president's offer.

Following reports of the refusal, Dana White said he would fly to Washington for a meeting with the US president to discuss the offer. Later that week, US President Donald Trump clarified that his offer was not serious and that he had only been joking. White later came to the White House briefing podium, opened with humor, and again rejected the possibility of accepting a permanent political role or ambitions in the field.