President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was joking when he offered UFC CEO Dana White the job of White House press secretary.
The offer appeared on Truth Social the day before.
In the post, Trump named a lineup of UFC fighters as prospective assistants, including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes.
Asked about it Sunday, Trump said, “I will tell you, I was only kidding.” He said the list of fighters should have given the joke away, adding, “And you see a lot of rough faces there.”
Trump also said White “loves the idea” and called him “a very capable guy.”
He said White would be in Washington the next day for other reasons.
White, the UFC chief executive, played along online.
He shared the post on Instagram with a photo of himself standing at a White House podium, captioned “On to the next chapter.”
Fox News did not report where Trump made Sunday’s remarks.
Its report includes no reaction from Democrats, members of Congress or anyone else beyond the posts from Trump and White themselves, and nothing in it indicates the offer was ever formal.
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