Donald Trump offers the position of press secretary in the White House to the head of the UFC, Dana White US President Donald Trump invited Dana White, head of the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), to the position of press secretary of the White House. "I asked him to recruit people like Islam Makhachev, Habib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gathe, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison as his assistants, even if some of them are not from our country. We need these people to protect us from the "crazy left," Trump wrote on his Social Truth social network. All those listed by Trump are fighters who have competed or still appear under the auspices of the UFC. Makhachov and Narmagomedov are Russian, Gathe, Cormier and Harrison are American, Nunes Brazilian. White is a longtime Republican supporter. He supported Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 elections. White repeatedly thanked the US president for his support of the UFC. According to him, Trump helped the organization in 2001, at the dawn of its existence, by making it possible to hold the first event at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel in Atlantic City, which he then owned. On June 14, 2026, Trump's 80th birthday, the UFC held fights on the White House lawn. The last press secretary in the White House was Katie Zachariah - she left her position on October 16, after five days of work. Photo: Jim Watson / AFP.

Donald Trump offers the position of press secretary in the White House to the head of the UFC, Dana White US President Donald Trump invited Dana White, head of the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), to the position of press secretary of the White House. "I asked him to recruit people like Islam Makhachev, Habib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gathe, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison as his assistants, even if some of them are not from our country. We need these people to protect us from the "crazy left," Trump wrote on his Social Truth social network. All those listed by Trump are fighters who have competed or still appear under the auspices of the UFC. Makhachov and Narmagomedov are Russian, Gathe, Cormier and Harrison are American, Nunes Brazilian. White is a longtime Republican supporter. He supported Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 elections. White repeatedly thanked the US president for his support of the UFC. According to him, Trump helped the organization in 2001, at the dawn of its existence, by making it possible to hold the first event at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel in Atlantic City, which he then owned. On June 14, 2026, Trump's 80th birthday, the UFC held fights on the White House lawn. The last press secretary in the White House was Katie Zachariah - she left her position on October 16, after five days of work. Photo: Jim Watson / AFP.