Trump says he was 'kidding' about Dana White press secretary offer

US President Donald Trump has said he "was kidding" about asking Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White to be the White House press secretary. It comes after the president posted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday that he had offered White the role, asking him to take it while writing, "Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other." White said later that day he was going to meet the president on Monday, but would not be drawn into whether or not he would take the vacant position. "I will tell you, I was only kidding.

But Dana loves the idea. And there's only one Dana. He's great," the president said.

The press secretary role is yet to be filled after it became vacant in October when Katie Zacharia quit after less than five days in the job . She took over from Karoline Leavitt, who was the youngest press secretary in US history and had held the role since Trump began his second term. Trump's job offer came after a heavy loss in the midterm elections, where the Republican Party lost its majority in both houses of Congress.