WASHINGTON: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White turned down President Donald Trump’s apparently jovial offer of a job as press secretary during a surprise appearance at the White House on Monday.
Trump stunned the world by saying on social media on Saturday that he had asked White to take on the high-profile post, but a day later the 80-year-old president said he was “only kidding”.
The 57-year-old cage-fighting boss visited the White House on Monday, and Trump brought him out for a chaotic news conference in the James Brady Briefing Room.
“So let me ask you the big question. Would you like to be press secretary of the United States of America? Or do you just want to stay with this ridiculous UFC? Huh?” Trump said.
