The country is not in a position to be playing games right now, yet Trump doesn’t seem to get that…
On Sunday, the president told reporters in Florida that his announcement about making UFC boss Dana White his next White House press secretary was a joke. He said he was only kidding after posting on social media that he had offered his close friend the job.
Trump made a whole Truth Social Post saying, “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. I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris. We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Trump said Sunday while speaking to reporters that he was just joking… “I will tell you, I was only kidding. “But Dana loves the idea, and there’s only one Dana, and he’s great,” Trump said while in West Palm Beach, Fla.
White is set to visit the White House on Monday. Trump insists the stop has nothing to do with a job, saying White was already planning to be in Washington and would come through to say hello.
Meanwhile, the job itself is no joke, and it has been a revolving door. Trump has no press secretary right now after he briefly gave the job to Katie Zacharia, who struggled at the lectern and in interviews and left after five days. She had been tapped to succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left in August, and when asked about a replacement on October 23, Trump said, “We’re in no rush.”
That’s a lot of turnover for the most visible communications seat in the building, especially with a hostile Congress about to take over.
White, for his part, has said politics isn’t his lane. In November 2024 he told Sports Business Journal he had “no personal political aspirations.” So for now, the press secretary job is back to square one, with the podium still empty and a lot of people wondering when are they going to get serious and secure someone for the position.
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