US President Donald Trump has asked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White to be White House press secretary, in a social media post.
“Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Dana, please take the job!”
It’s unclear whether the president’s public job offer is genuine. The BBC has asked the White House and UFC, along with its parent company TKO Group Holdings, for comment.
The vacancy for White House press secretary has been open since mid-October, when Katie Zacharia exited after just a few days on the job.
Trump’s post comes after his fellow Republicans were routed in the US midterm elections, losing their congressional majorities.
In Saturday afternoon’s post, Trump called White “a violent Fighter and Warrior” and asked that he bring a number of high-profile UFC fighters with him on the job “even though some are not from our Country”.
“We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left,” Trump wrote, alongside photos of the six fighters.
Following Trump’s post, White posted an Instagram photo of himself behind the lectern in the White House press briefing room.
“On to the next chapter,” White’s post said, though it was unclear if the post was tongue-in-cheek.
White, who is also the chief of Zuffa Boxing, was ringside for a fight in London on Saturday between British former world champion Chris Billam-Smith and Jamaican-born Briton Cheavon Clarke at the Copper Box Arena.
The BBC was trying to reach him for comment.