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Dana White was offered the White House podium (5 min), with captions The story The White House press secretary job has been vacant for 23 days, since Octob...

Dana White was offered the White House podium (5 min), with captions The story The White House press secretary job has been vacant for 23 days, since October 16, and on Saturday, November 7, at 1:40 p.m., the president offered it to Dana White, who runs the UFC. The president announced the offer in a post that called White "the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior" and closed by asking him to take the job. The same post asked White to bring six fighters as assistants, including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje and Amanda Nunes. The position pays $195,200 a year, according to the White House's own report to Congress, and requires no Senate vote because the president appoints the press secretary directly. Thirty-seven people have held the job. The last briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was on October 13, 2026, given by Katie Zacharia, the 37th press secretary, who was sworn in October 12 and left the job on October 16. Her predecessor, Karoline Leavitt, the 36th press secretary, served from January 20, 2025 to August 27, 2026, a span of 584 days. White already holds five roles: UFC president since 2001, chief executive since 2023, Power Slap since 2022, Zuffa Boxing since March 2025, and a seat on the board of Meta Platforms since January 2025. Asked about the offer on Saturday, he said, "Yeah, I got a lot of jobs already." If he accepts, senior White House staff would have to file a public financial disclosure, OGE Form 278e, and 18 U.S.C. 208 bars a government employee from working personally on a matter in which they or an organization they serve have a financial interest. No acceptance and no filing have happened yet. The offer came during a turbulent stretch. On Friday, November 6, the president replaced chief of staff Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, starting Monday; people familiar with the matter told CNN the president was blaming Wiles for the midterm results. The midterms were November 3, the chief of staff change came November 6, the job was offered in a post on November 7, and a meeting at the White House is set for Monday, November 9. Some elements remain unconfirmed. NBC News reported it was unclear whether the offer was meant seriously. It is also unknown whether White will accept, what the UFC pays him, which is in no filing, and the White House did not respond to a request for comment. The UFC has held an event at the White House before: UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn on June 14, 2026, with about 4,300 people, the first professional sporting event at the presidential residence. Highlights Highlight In pictures Listen The episode as audio