Trump Offers Dana White Press Secretary Role — SkimNews
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- Trump said on Saturday, November 7, 2026, that he had asked UFC chief executive Dana White to serve as White House press secretary.
- Dana White was asked to bring six current or former UFC titleholders to serve as assistants, even though some are not from the United States.
- Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, both from Russia’s Dagestan region, were among the six titleholders Trump wanted to join White’s team.
- Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and ‘Kayla Harris,’ likely a reference to Kayla Harrison, were also named among the proposed assistants.
- Amanda Nunes, a Brazilian native who became an American citizen last year, was another titleholder Trump named to join White as an assistant.
- Trump called White a ‘violent Fighter and Warrior’ and wrote that the fighters were needed to ‘defend us against the Lunatic Left.’
- TKO Group Holdings, UFC’s parent company, and Dana White had not immediately responded to requests for comment.
Why it matters: The proposal expands White’s proposed role beyond serving as press secretary to include six UFC titleholders as assistants, directly drawing combat-sports figures into a White House staffing plan. White and TKO Group Holdings had not responded to requests for comment, so no public answer from either had been reported at publication.
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