'Please take the job': Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary

President Donald Trump invited UFC chief Dana White to serve as White House press secretary, requesting that White bring some fighters along as assistants. Trump praised White as a "violent Fighter and Warrior." The White House press secretary position had recently been vacated, with White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia leaving the role just a week after accepting it due to public scrutiny.

Zacharia had mentioned that she failed the bar exam, a requirement for legal practice in the United States. Trump suggested that White and his UFC team could provide a strong defense against what he referred to as the "Lunatic Left." He proposed six current or former UFC champions to join White, including Russia's Khabib Nurmagomedov, American Justin Gaethje and Daniel Cormier, and Brazilian Amanda Nunes, who had become an American citizen earlier. White and the UFC's parent company did not immediately respond to requests for comment.