Trump Names UFC Chief Dana White as New Press Secretary

Skip to content The offer, which White has not yet accepted, comes two weeks after Katie Zacharia’s historically brief tenure in the top communications role November 7, 2026 @ 11:31 AM President Donald Trump greets UFC CEO Dana White as he arrives to speak during an event at Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa on Aug. 5, 2026 in Las Vegas. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump named Dana White, the president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), his new press secretary on Saturday. The president wrote in a Truth Social post announcing the news that he offered White the job to “defend us against the Lunatic Left,” adding that the sports executive will “be a Press Secretary like none other.” “Dana, please take the job!” Trump wrote, indicating that the title is not yet a done deal. “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 wrote in full. He then named famous UFC athletes that he’d like White to bring with him to the White House with him, including two Russian fighters. “I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris. We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!” More to come …