President Donald Trump offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White, his longtime friend, in a Truth Social post on Saturday, November 7, according to Rappler. The post was written while Trump was at his golf club in Florida.
In the post, Trump called White "a violent Fighter and Warrior" and said he had asked White to bring assistants, including several UFC fighters, to "defend us against the Lunatic Left," Rappler reported.
Whether White will accept is unclear. According to Rappler, CNN reported before White’s press conference that he would decline the offer. France 24 said US media reports indicated White had already turned down the job. White did not confirm declining. Speaking in London, he said he will travel to Washington to meet Trump, saying, "I’ve got a lot of jobs already" and "We have a meeting on Monday." NPR National reported that Trump said Saturday he had offered the job to White and that the two will meet Monday.
The post has been vacant since Karoline Leavitt left the role in August after the birth of her second child, according to Rappler. Rappler also reports that Katie Zacharia was removed in October after only five days on the job, a account that appears only in that outlet’s reporting. France 24 framed the offer against a series of combative press briefings between the Trump administration and journalists.
White is set to meet Trump in Washington on Monday, and he has said he will have more to say after that meeting. The content of the meeting has not been reported, and no White House response to the offer was included in the available sources. The CNN report on White’s decision could not be checked directly, as no CNN text was available, and the France 24 and NPR National texts were only partly accessible.
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