Donald Trump Posts Cartoon of Dana White Ordering Fighters to Attack Press

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his eyebrow-raising desire to have Dana White to serve as the next White House press secretary, sharing an AI cartoon depicting the UFC CEO attacking the press while reiterating a sexist and transphobic conspiracy theory about former first lady Michelle Obama.

"Trump made me press secretary. I brought help," the cartoon - shared on the president's social media platform Truth Social - begins, showing an AI-generated, Family Guy-esque White, 57, standing behind the White House press room podium while flanked by a slew of mixed martial artists, including Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev.

The cartoon White then orders various fighters to take out reporters after they ask the faux press secretary various questions, including, "Is Trump a threat to democracy?" and, "What are Trump's pronouns."

When the AI-generation White surveys the room for "anymore questions," a cartoon reporter asks, "Is Michelle Obama running in 2028?"

"Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right Amerca?" a cartoon version of UFC heavyweight fighter Josh Hokitresponds, echoing the real Hokit's post-match remarks on June 14 during the UFC Freedom 250 event held on the South Lawn of the White House. (White condemned Hokit's statement, calling it "nasty and false." Hokit later claimed his statement was meant to convey Obama's ability to "handle adversity.")

Trump's AI-cartoon comes just one day after the president announced he has asked White, a close friend to the president, to serve as the next press secretary. (Katie Zachariawas the last to hold the job, serving for just five days before she was asked to leave.)

"I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States," Trump, 80, wrote via his social media platform, Truth Social, on Saturday, November 7. "I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris."

The president continued, "We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP."

White later confirmed he was flying to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president and discuss his potential next steps within the Trump administration.

"I'm flying to Washington, D.C., right now," White confirmed to reporters after attending a Saturday Zuffa boxing event in London. "I've got a lot of jobs already."

When asked to share "some of the conversations" he's had with Trump about the position, White replied, "No. I'm going to meet with him. We have a meeting on Monday so I'm sure I'll have more to talk about."

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This story was originally published November 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM.