WWE Hall of Famer got us with the old ‘fake press secretary’ rib

There are times when my friends and family hear some combat sports entertainment-related news, remember I do something related to athletes punching, kicking, and wrestling with other athletes, and contact me about said news.

Donald Trump’s social media post about offering his press secretary job to UFC president Dana White was one of those times.

When it’s clear there’s interest in something outside our bubble (as evidenced by my 77-year-old mother texting me, “did you see who our next press secretary is?”*), it’s my job to write about it. So I did.

But because I’ve been living in TrumpWorld with the rest of us over the past decade, I know a distraction tactic when I see one — and that “after his movement got decimated in the midterms” is a time when our 45th and 47th President would be throwing a lot of proverbial smoke bombs.

Sure enough, after reports White would turn down the job anyway and rumors spread online about Trump confusing his long-time friend and political ally at UFC with a Black woman who used to be a press liason at the Pentagon**…

… Trump last night told media at his new White House helipad that he was just kidding about the UFC boss taking over for Katie Zacharia, the influencer who served as Trump’s most recent Press Secretary (she lasted five days and was ousted after one hilariously short briefing and several interviews about her having lied about passing the Bar Exam).

He says we should have known that based on his including UFC fighters of different nationalities (and because jokes are always better when you have to explain them afterwards). Trump claims White “loves the idea” though, and that if he wasn’t too busy he’d take care of the President’s issues with the press: “You wouldn’t mess around with him so much”.

What a “hilarious” time to be alive.

_{* You know all those stories whose parents are addicting to Fox News/NewsMax? My mom’s like that with CNN and MSNBC.
** Which I don’t buy. Because if you’ve been paying attention to Trump’s second Administration, the numbers of women and minorities in it aren’t going up. Linda McMahon may be one of the last females in MAGA-land these days…}