{"id":2198,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2198","headline":"Dana White takes podium at White House, Trump calls it a joke","dek":"The UFC CEO fielded questions from reporters at a hastily arranged briefing before Trump said he was only kidding about naming him press secretary.","body":"Dana White got his moment behind the podium. The UFC president made a surprise appearance alongside President Trump during a hastily arranged press briefing Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C., taking questions from the assembled media. \"I've always wanted to do this,\" White said as he stepped up.\n\nThe stunt followed a weekend in which Trump floated White as a possible replacement for his last press secretary, Katie Zacharia, who lasted just five days in the job. That idea set off confusion across the media world, with conflicting reports about whether White had any real interest in the gig. On Sunday, Trump walked it back, saying he was \"kidding\" about the offer, and he repeated at Monday's briefing that he was just \"having a little fun\" with the idea.\n\nAsked directly whether he would consider a role in the administration, White did not fully rule out doing his longtime friend a favor, though nothing concrete was offered.\n\nWhite's appearance came ahead of UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden, giving the brief political sideshow an obvious promotional angle as well.","published_at":"2026-11-10T01:32:07.216064+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"President Trump brings UFC's Dana White to White House news conference","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7769193/2026/11/09/president-trump-dana-white-house-ufc/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Coming in hot: Jet-setting Dana White crashes Donald Trump’s White House briefing, answers questions from mainstream media – ‘I’ve always wanted to do this’","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/coming-hot-jet-setting-dana-225943300.html"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Donald Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about Dana White as press secretary","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/politics/trump-kidding-dana-white-job-offer.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘He doesn’t want the position’: Dana White reportedly wasn’t interested President Trump’s press secretary job","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/doesn-t-want-position-dana-112056620.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"UFC’s Dana White breaks silence on Donald Trump’s job offer","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ufc-dana-white-breaks-silence-113855723.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"UFC chief takes White House podium, but turns down Trump","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ufc-chief-takes-white-house-223446707.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Donald Trump jokes he's 'devastated' after Dana White rules out White House press secretary role","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/donald-trump-jokes-hes-devastated-after-dana-white-rules-out-white-house-press-secretary-role-015346461.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}