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- Trump offered UFC boss Dana White the White House press secretary job on Saturday and asked him to bring several UFC fighters as assistants, declaring that White would be "a Press Secretary like none other."
- Dana White, speaking after a postfight news conference in London on Saturday, said he was flying to Washington, D.C., and would meet Trump on Monday but would not say whether he had accepted or rejected the offer.
- CNN reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the matter, that White was not taking the job, even as White said he would meet Trump about the offer.
- Dana White shared Trump's post on Instagram alongside a picture of himself behind the White House briefing-room lectern with the words "On to the next chapter," but still left his answer unspecified.
- White House did not respond on Saturday to messages seeking comment on Trump's Truth Social post, leaving the offer without an official response.
- Trump announced Friday that Stephen Miller would replace longtime adviser Susie Wiles as chief of staff, another change during a White House transition that followed the GOP losing control of both chambers in Tuesday's midterms.
- Katie Zacharia left the press-secretary job after five days following her sole appearance before reporters; after her departure, the post was again vacant, as Karoline Leavitt had left at the end of August, leaving Trump without a chief spokesperson.
Why it matters: Trump remains without a chief spokesperson after Katie Zacharia's five-day stint; Karoline Leavitt had previously left at the end of August. White's Monday meeting is the concrete next development, while CNN's account that he was not taking the job leaves no confirmed replacement.
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