US President Donald Trump has offered UFC president Dana White the position of White House press secretary. He also said that, if White accepted the offer, Russian fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev could be brought on board as his assistants.

Trump announced this in a post on his social media page. He also named Justin Gaethje, Amanda Nunes and Kyle Harrison as potential assistants. The US president noted that some of the athletes mentioned are not American citizens, but said this had not stopped him from putting their names forward for the positions.

According to Trump, he would like the athletes he mentioned to assist Dana White. The US leader also urged the UFC president to accept the offer and take up the position of White House press secretary.