UFC CEO Dana White takes the White House podium during Washington visit
During his visit to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington, UFC CEO Dana White answers questions at the White House podium, joking about how his life in the last 24 hours ‘has been insane’ since Trump proposed White could be the new White House press secretary.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White turned down President Donald Trump’s — apparently jovial — offer of a job as press secretary in a surprise appearance at the White House on Monday. Trump then took a series of questions on more weighty matters, from the Iran and Ukraine wars to the possible impeachment of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and a spy scandal engulfing Nvidia boss Jensen Huang.
In a social media post over the weekend, the president asked the UFC boss to take over the role, but later said he was "having a little fun".
Sport has long been regarded as great unifier but there is evidence that this era of hyper-partisanship may change that Over the weekend, President Trump floated his latest wild idea: that the man behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Power Slap, the ethically dubious “sport” where competitors take turns smacking each other with an open palm, could be his new White House press secretary. He Trump wanted the UFC chief executive, Dana White, whom he hailed as a “violent Fighter and Warrior”, to take the job.
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