Trump Wants a Fighter at the Podium. Fine — Now Make the Fight About Prices.

The Dana White offer is pure Trump: loud, loyal and impossible to ignore. But the next White House spokesman's real opponent isn't the press corps. It's the grocery bill.

By Clara Hughes

President Trump did what he does best on Saturday: he changed the subject. In a Truth Social post from his golf club in Florida, he announced he had offered the White House press secretary job to UFC boss Dana White — “the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior,” in the president’s words. “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left,” Trump wrote, adding that he wanted White to bring several UFC fighters along as “assistants.” “Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!” The political class clutched its pearls. Plenty of our readers laughed out loud. Both reactions miss the point. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what we actually know about the White offer (and what