Dana White, UFC president and CEO, speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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There has been no White House press secretary for almost a month. But have you really noticed?

Katie Zacharia held the position for 5 days in the middle of October, but her lone briefing was … brief and not well-reviewed.

After several secretary-less weeks, President Trump declared in an online post that he would ask Dana White, the head of the UFC, to take the job, calling him "a violent Fighter and Warrior." Reporters imagined how the CEO of a martial arts league might answer a sharp question with a swift kick to their journalistic chops. "What's the President's plan to bring down inflation?" Then, Bang! Thwap! Ooof!

The president later clarified that he, "was only kidding," about Dana White.…