Dana White’s qualifications to serve as White House Press Secretary are among the worst possible prospects, per a longtime MMA voice.
U.S. President Donald Trump nearly broke the internet last weekend when he announced he was nominating UFC CEO Dana White as his new White House Press Secretary. After initial mockery and blowback, Trump insisted his nomination of White was a ‘joke’, but White fueled the fire in a head-scratching social media post alluding to the offer.
White and Trump are longtime friends, and the U.S. President is a common guest at major UFC events. As of this writing, it’s uncertain if Trump will attend UFC 334 this weekend in his former home, New York City.
Despite the likely unseriousness of White’s nomination, one prominent MMA voice kept an open mind and slammed the pomp and circumstance of the announcement.
Helwani: Dana White ‘worst candidate’ to fill White House Press Secretary role
During a recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Show, longtime MMA journalist Ariel Helwani blasted Trump’s social media offer to White.
“My takeaway from all of that is – who is lying?” Helwani said of White and Trump.
“Because Dana, at his presser, definitely didn’t say it was a ‘joke’ and that he has other business to attend to in Washington. Trump in that little scrum there, said he was kidding, and says Dana has other business to attend to. So who is lying? One of them is lying, so who is it? I maintain this isn’t going to happen, it’s insane. This is a guy who talks about free speech, but when someone asks him a bad question, he tries to get rid of them forever.
“He’s the worst possible candidate for a job like this. We’re talking about Sports…not actual wars, the economy, tariffs, elections, and ceasefires,” Helwani continued on White. “You think he’s going to stand up there as a multi-millionaire and talk about this s—? Of course not, it’s just a bunch of jokes to deflect from the ‘blue tsunami’ of last Tuesday.”
As of this writing, the White House Press Secretary position remains vacant, adding fuel to the fire of White’s connection to the role.
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