President Trump publicly offered Dana White the job of press secretary a few days ago, and yesterday the UFC CEO arrived at the White House podium to give his official response.

In news that should surprise no MMA fan, White was keen to distance himself from the job offer.

“I have zero political ambitions,” , White quickly assured the assembled media in the press room at the White House after being given a warm introduction by his long-time friend, President Trump.

Trump claimed that he had been “sort of kidding,” when he originally suggested the idea during a “very bad press day”, but apparently White wasn’t let in on the joke until afterwards.

“I don’t tell the president no to anything,” White said. “I didn’t say no. Literally every media outlet was calling me, and I didn’t want to be disrespectful and say anything until he said something first.”

Now that the cat was out of the bag though, White was eager to distance himself from the situation.

“Thank you for the offer, sir,” White said while addressing the president directly. “I do not want to be in politics.”

Oh, and White also revealed the real reason he visited Trump yesterday…to get the President to sign a 1 of 1 trading card that they both appear on.