Dana White has blunt response after Donald Trump insists White House 'offer' was a joke
Dana White has opened up about his political goals after Donald Trump appeared to offer him the White House press secretary job before claiming it was a joke.
Dana White has insisted he has "less than zero political aspirations" after being linked to a White House role.
The UFC president, 57, has responded after Donald Trump issued a public plea to him to take over the White House press secretary job, only to later claim he was "kidding".
Speaking to TMZ, Dana said: "I've said many times, and I'll say it again. I have no political aspirations. The exact opposite.
"I have no political aspirations. I have less than zero political aspirations."
The mixed martial arts promoter admitted his phone was "blowing up" after Trump made the social media post over the weekend.
He added: "He put that out, the press secretary thing was him. He put that out, and everybody's been blowing me up asking questions.
"I'm not gonna be disrespectful and say anything. It's his thing! We'll let him handle that."
White revealed that Trump "called" him "after he did it", and joked he has "a lot of jobs" keeping him "pretty busy right now".
However, he did admit he was in Washington, D.C. to meet with Trump for a pre-planned visit.
White has a 1 of 1 trading card commemorating the UFC Freedom 250 event, and he is taking it to the White House to get Trump's signature on it.
He teased: "I don't know what we're gonna talk about. We're gonna sign this card, and I don't know what we're gonna talk about."
On Saturday (07.11.26), Trump issued a social media post imploring White - a long-time supporter of his - to take the job that has been vacant since Katie Zacharia quit less than five days into the post last month after a heavily-criticised debut appearance.
The 80-year-old politician wrote on Truth Social: "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!"
Trump described the UFC boss as a "violent Fighter and Warrior" and requested that he bring several high-profile fighters with him, "even though some are not from our Country".
He wrote: "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left."
The following day, Trump insisted he was only having a "little fun".
Trump told reporters: "So I was kidding, but I think Dana likes the idea, and he is a very capable guy.
"Of course, I was kidding. And you could see that because I put all of the great fighters as his assistants, that they're all going to come with him... It was just a little fun."
White was a key figure in Trump's re-election campaign in 2024 but later declared he wants "nothing to do with" politics.
He told the New Yorker: "I’m never f****** doing this again. I want nothing to do with this s***. It’s gross. It’s disgusting. I want nothing to do with politics."
Despite his vow not to get involved in politics again, White insisted that he was still very much a Trump supporter.
He said: "Donald Trump is tougher and more bada** than anybody.
"You can only pray that you’re a quarter of the man that Donald Trump was when a guy tried to take seven shots at his head with a high powered rifle with a f****** scope on it."
