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President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had offered Dana White, the longtime head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and one of the president's most prominent allies in professional sports, the job of White House press secretary.
"I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States," Trump wrote in the Truth Social post.
The president urged White to accept the offer, writing: "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!"
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It was not immediately clear whether White planned to accept.
Trump also said he wanted White to bring several prominent mixed martial arts figures with him as assistants, naming Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaeethje, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes.
"We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left," the president wrote.
If White accepts and is formally appointed, the selection would put one of America's most recognizable sports executives in one of the most visible communications jobs in the federal government.
It would also mark another change in a White House press operation that has experienced unusually rapid turnover.
Katie Zacharia, Trump's previous press secretary who replaced Karoline Leavitt, left the job on October 16 after serving for five days and delivering only one briefing. She departed amid criticism of her performance and scrutiny of her professional background.
No permanent successor to Zacharia had been publicly announced before Trump's Saturday Truth Social post, although some members of the administration had pointed to rapper Nicki Minaj as a possible replacement.
The announcement comes days after Republicans suffered major losses in the midterm elections, adding another notable development for an administration adjusting to a dramatically changed political landscape.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to come.
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