达纳·怀特在白宫与特朗普一同出席新闻发布会期间接受提问
这位UFC（终极格斗冠军赛）老板开玩笑告诉媒体，他从未对特朗普总统说过“不”
作者：路易斯·卡西阿诺 / 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年11月9日 美国东部时间下午5:24
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特朗普与达纳·怀特回应白宫新闻秘书人选传闻
唐纳德·特朗普总统和UFC首席执行官达纳·怀特就有关怀特获邀担任白宫新闻秘书一职的传闻作出回应。
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UFC首席执行官达纳·怀特于周一陪同唐纳德·特朗普总统出席白宫新闻发布会，特朗普在会上澄清，他最近提出让这位综合格斗高管担任自己的新闻秘书的建议只是一个玩笑。
特朗普意外现身这场发布会，是为了回应有关他在一段艰难的新闻周期后联系怀特出任该职位的报道。
“我们当时正处于非常糟糕的新闻日，我还在想：‘我不知道为什么会想起他的名字。’他是我多年的朋友。我说：‘你知道吗，我打算让达纳·怀特来当我的新新闻秘书。’”特朗普对记者说道。“我是当着一群媒体的面说的，就这么简单。我当时是在开玩笑，结果他们把这件事写成了我不是在开玩笑的样子。”
特朗普称自己就任命达纳·怀特为新闻秘书一事“只是在开玩笑”
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2026年11月9日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫布雷迪简报室欢迎终极格斗冠军赛（UFC）首席执行官达纳·怀特发表讲话。（曼德尔·恩甘 / 盖蒂图片社 via 法新社）
随后，怀特走上发言台回应记者提问，并否认了他将进入政府部门任职的所有传闻。
“我没有任何政治抱负，”怀特表示。“他打电话给我时，我正在伦敦参加祖法拳击赛事，告诉我他做了这件事，而我的过去24小时简直像一场闹剧。”
当被一位记者问到，如果在特朗普和前总统乔·拜登之间安排一场假设性的UFC笼斗，怀特会如何评价时，他称赞了特朗普的强悍，同时表示这场对决根本不会发生。
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2026年6月14日，唐纳德·特朗普与UFC总裁兼首席执行官达纳·怀特抵达华盛顿白宫南草坪，准备参加UFC自由赛250活动。（亚历克斯·布兰登 / 美联社）
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“他是我这辈子见过的最坚韧、最有毅力的人，”怀特在谈到特朗普时说道。“过去8到10年里，我多次问他：‘你为什么要这样坚持下去？’但就算我觉得他已经足够强悍和坚韧了，他在中枪后还是证明了自己是独一无二的人。”
关于这场假设性的对决，怀特补充道：“那会非常糟糕。是的，我觉得那会非常糟糕……我不敢相信你们真的问了我这个问题。”
怀特还表示，他从未明确拒绝过特朗普提出的该职位。
在离开前，这位UFC老板还被问到，如果传奇棒球明星皮特·罗斯（2024年去世）获得身后特赦，他会给特朗普什么建议。
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2024年UFC 309赛事在麦迪逊广场花园举行期间，唐纳德·特朗普与达纳·怀特（左）交谈。（布拉德·彭纳 / Imagn图片社）
罗斯因赌棒球比赛（包括赌自己所属的辛辛那提红人队的比赛）而被禁止入选美国职业棒球大联盟（MLB）名人堂。2025年，MLB专员罗布·曼弗雷德将罗斯及其他16名已故人员从永久禁赛名单中移除。
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Dana White takes questions at podium during White House briefing with Trump
The UFC boss jokingly told the press he never tells President Trump ‘no’
By Louis Casiano / Fox News
Published November 9, 2026 5:24pm EST
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President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White address rumors that White was offered the White House press secretary position.
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UFC CEO Dana White joined President Donald Trump at a White House press briefing on Monday, where Trump clarified that his recent suggestion to appoint the fight executive as his press secretary was merely a joke.
Trump made a surprise appearance at the briefing to address reports that he had reached out to White for the role following a difficult news cycle.
“We were having a very bad press day, and I said: ‘I don’t know why I thought of his name. ‘ He’s been my friend for a long time. I said: ‘You know, I think I’m going to get Dana White to be my new press secretary,’” Trump told reporters. “I said it to a group of the press and that was it. I was sort of kidding, and then they wrote the story as though I wasn’t kidding.”
TRUMP SAYS HE WAS ‘ONLY KIDDING’ ABOUT MAKING DANA WHITE PRESS SECRETARY
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President Donald Trump welcomes Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White to speak during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 9, 2026.(Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
White then took the podium to address reporters and shut down any rumors of entering government service.
“I have zero political aspirations,” White said. “I was at a fight for Zuffa Boxing in London when he called me and told me that he had done this, and the last 24 hours of my life have been insane.”
When asked by a reporter to break down a hypothetical UFC cage match between Trump and former President Joe Biden, White praised Trump’s toughness while dismissing the match up.
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President Donald Trump and Dana White, UFC president and CEO, arrive for UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 14, 2026.(Alex Brandon/AP)
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“He’s the toughest, most resilient human being that I’ve ever met in my entire life,” White said of Trump. “Many times during the last eight or 10 years, I have told him: ‘Why? Why do you keep doing this? ‘ But as tough and as resilient as I thought he was, after he got shot, he proved he is a one-of-one unique human being.”
Regarding the hypothetical fight, White added: “It would be very bad. Yeah, I think it would be very bad… I can’t believe you actually have questions for me.”
White added that he never explicitly told Trump “no” regarding the position.
Before stepping away, the UFC chief was also asked what advice he would give Trump regarding a potential posthumous pardon for Pete Rose, the legendary baseball player who died in 2024.
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President Donald Trump speaks with Dana White (left) during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden.(Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
Rose was banned from MLB Hall of Fame eligibility due to betting on baseball games, including those involving his own team, the Cincinnati Reds. In 2025, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose and 16 other deceased people from the permanently ineligible list.
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Trump reiterated during the briefing that he favors pardoning the hit king.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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