Donald Trump Offers White House Press Secretary Job to Dana White — Here’s How the UFC CEO Responded

“Nobody took us seriously. Nobody,” he said while speaking at the Republican National Convention at the time, per CNBC. “Except Donald Trump. Donald was the first guy to recognize the potential we saw in the UFC and encouraged us to build our business.”

In June, Trump built an arena behind the White House to host a UFC event as part of the celebrations for the United States’ 250th anniversary.

“It’s absolutely going to happen,” White told the Associated Press of the event, which later resulted in the UFC losing approximately $30 million, in August 2025. “Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS.”

Trump’s plea for White to take on the role of White House press secretary comes less than a month after Zacharia, 41, was ousted as White House press secretary after one week in the role.

Almost immediately after beginning her White House role, Zacharia, who served as senior communications adviser to Truth Social, drew scrutiny with her first 15-minute briefing with the press.

In addition to confusing her husband for Trump, she described herself as a lawyer despite later admitting that she never passed the bar exam.

Zacharia later blamed the “media” and its disdain of “outsiders” for her short stint as press secretary.

“What I would briefly say is that the media and all of Washington made it very difficult for me to do the job I set out to do, which is to amplify the wins and historic record-setting precedent that President Trump has set, especially ahead of the most consequential midterms,” she said during an Oct. 27 appearance on Newsmax. “They would not let me do my job, which was to focus on him and focus on what he’s doing to win.”