*On Saturday, according to Variety, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he has offered UFC CEO Dana White the job of White House press secretary. He asked White to bring assistants and named six UFC fighters to "defend us against the lunatic left."
The last person in that seat lasted five days and was fired before the coffee went cold. So the fix the PR machine cooked up is to put the guy whose entire brand is managing men who hit each other in the face behind the podium. Deadline caught the full post: "The Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior." That is not a job ad. That is a job description, and it was written by the guy hiring. The White House briefing is finally what it always was: a main event, no Q&A, the official line getting knocked down.
The assistant list is a fight card, not a staff chart. Makhachev at the comms desk. Khabib doing the readout. Daniel Cormier on the hold list, which the White House already has a guy for who talks like a disappointed bouncer. If the press corps pushes back, the new doctrine is to defend us from the lunatic left, which in the cage means one of you goes home on a stretcher.
The best part: nobody knows if he accepted. The offer is the job, the announcement is the product. He says no, headline. He says yes, headline. The press secretary seat is a pay-per-view now, and the only thing they are not selling is answers.
YOUR TURN: what is harder to take, a reporter's question or a reporter's jab?
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