美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周六在一起不同寻常的事件中,向终极格斗冠军赛(UFC)首席执行官达纳·怀特提议担任其下一任白宫新闻秘书。他还要求怀特带一些格斗选手一同担任助手,“即使其中一些人并非来自我们国家。”
In an unusual turn of events, US President Donald Trump on Saturday offered Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White the role of his next White House Press Secretary. He also asked him to bring some fighters along as assistants, "even though some are not from our country."
特朗普在其“真相社交”账号上宣布,已向达纳·怀特提供新闻秘书一职。“我很高兴地宣布,伟大的达纳·怀特,一位暴力的斗士和战士,已被提名担任美国新闻秘书一职。我请求他带上助手,即使其中一些人并非来自我们国家,”他写道。特朗普邀请了哪些UFC选手?
Taking to his Truth Social account, Trump announced that Dana White had been offered the position of press secretary. "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. I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country," he said. Which UFC fighters did Trump invite?
特朗普邀请了六位现任或前任UFC冠军头衔持有者加入怀特,其中包括来自俄罗斯达吉斯坦共和国的两名运动员伊斯拉姆·马哈切夫和哈比布·努尔马戈梅多夫;美国人贾斯汀·盖奇、丹尼尔·科米尔和“凯拉·哈里斯”,即凯拉·哈里森;以及巴西国民阿曼达·努涅斯,她于去年加入美国国籍。
Trump invited six current or former UFC titleholders to join White, including two athletes from Russia's Dagestan region, Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov; Americans Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and "Kayla Harris," a reference to Kayla Harrison; and Amanda Nunes, a Brazilian national who became a US citizen last year.
伊斯拉姆·马哈切夫:UFC综合格斗史上最伟大的选手之一,马哈切夫于去年11月在纽约麦迪逊广场花园击败杰克·德拉·马达莱纳,赢得次中量级冠军。他在2022年10月赢得了UFC轻量级冠军。
Islam Makhachev: One of UFC MMA's all-time greats, Makhachev won the welterweight championship in November last year by defeating Jack Della Maddalena in New York's Madison Square Garden. He won the UFC Lightweight Championship in October 2022.
哈比布·努尔马戈梅多夫:他是统治时间最长的UFC轻量级冠军,战绩为29胜0负。他因在对阵科纳·麦格雷戈和达斯汀·普瓦里耶等知名对手的卫冕战中获胜而声名大噪。他于2022年入选UFC名人堂。
Khabib Nurmagomedov: He is the longest-reigning UFC Lightweight Champion, with 29 wins and no losses. He gained prominence for defending his title against high-profile opponents like Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. He was inducted in the UFC Hall of Fame in 2022.
贾斯汀·盖奇:他是现任UFC轻量级冠军,于6月在UFC Freedom 250赛事中击败伊利亚·托普里亚,终结了后者17连胜的不败纪录。他还拥有两个UFC过渡冠军头衔和一个WSOF冠军头衔。
Justin Gaethje: He is the current UFC Lightweight Champion, defeating Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 in June and ending the latter's unbeaten run at 17 victories. He also has two interim UFC titles and one WSOF title.
丹尼尔·科米尔:他曾六次入选美国奥运摔跤队,是世界杯亚军和泛美运动会金牌得主。
Daniel Cormier: He was a six-time US Olympic Team Member as a wrestler, a World Cup runner-up, and a Pan-American gold medallist.
科米尔是UFC历史上第二位同时拥有轻量级和重量级头衔的格斗选手。凯拉·哈里森:她是第一位赢得奥运会金牌和UFC冠军的女格斗选手。哈里森在2012年和2016年奥运会上赢得金牌。她于2024年加入UFC,并在2025年6月击败朱莉安娜·佩尼亚,赢得雏量级冠军。阿曼达·努涅斯:绰号“母狮”,努涅斯被普遍认为是历史上最伟大的女子综合格斗选手之一。她是UFC前双级别冠军,曾夺得女子羽量级冠军,并两次赢得女子雏量级冠军。
Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in both Lightweight and Heavyweight classes. Kayla Harrison: She is the first female fighter to win an Olympic gold medal and a UFC championship. Harrison won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She joined the UFC in 2024 and won the Bantamweight Championship in June 2025, defeating Julianna Peña. Amanda Nunes: Nicknamed 'The Lioness', Nunes is widely considered to be one of the greatest female MMA fighters. She is a former two-division UFC champion, having captured the Women's Featherweight Championship and won the Women's Bantamweight Championship twice.
特朗普表示,需要这个团队来捍卫政府,抵御他所称的“疯狂左翼”。
“我们需要这些人来捍卫我们,抵御疯狂左翼。达纳将是一位前所未有的新闻秘书。达纳,请接受这份工作,”他写道。
Trump said the group would be needed to defend the administration against what he called the "Lunatic Left"."We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other.
据美联社报道,白大拿周六在伦敦参加完一场拳击活动后召开新闻发布会表示,他将于周一在白宫会见特朗普。然而,美国有线电视新闻网报道称,白大拿已经拒绝了特朗普的提议,并援引一名白宫助手的话称,总统提出这一提议是在“开玩笑”。特朗普面临压力在卡罗琳·莱维特离职后,白宫新闻秘书职位一直悬缺,特朗普是在这一背景下发表上述言论的。莱维特的继任者凯蒂·扎卡里亚在经历了一次艰难的首次新闻发布会后,仅在任五天便离职,使其成为该职位历史上任期最短的人员。
Dana, please take the job," he wrote. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday while in London after a boxing event, White said he would meet with Trump at the White House on Monday, as per news agency AP. However, CNN reported that White had turned down Trump's offer and quoted a White House aide saying that the president was "joking" about the offer. Trump under pressureTrump's remarks came as the White House press secretary position remains vacant after Karoline Leavitt's departure. Leavitt's replacement, Katie Zacharia, lasted five days in the position after a difficult first press briefing, making her tenure the shortest in the history of the role.
在民主党在最近的美国中期选举中夺取众议院和参议院控制权后,特朗普政府正面临压力。
The Trump administration is facing the heat after the Democrats wrested control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent US midterm elections.
特朗普宣布将对其政府进行部分人事调整,任命长期助手斯蒂芬·米勒为白幕僚长,接替苏西·怀尔斯。
Trump announced that he will make some changes in his administration, appointing longtime aide Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Susie Wiles.
多年来,达纳·怀特一直是特朗普的重要盟友,两人的交往可追溯至2000年代初,当时特朗普在大西洋城的泰姬陵赌场举办UFC赛事。怀特后来成为特朗普总统竞选的知名支持者,并在其2024年大选之夜的胜利庆祝活动上发表讲话。
Dana White has been one of Trump's prominent allies for years, with their association dating back to the early 2000s, when Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City hosted UFC events. White later became a prominent supporter of Trump's presidential campaign and spoke during his 2024 election-night victory celebration.
此前,怀特曾淡化自己从政的可能性。他在2024年11月接受《体育商业杂志》采访时被问及是否可能在新一届特朗普政府中担任职务,他表示:“我没有个人政治抱负。”
White has previously downplayed the prospect of entering politics himself. "I have no personal political aspirations," he told Sports Business Journal in November 2024 when asked about a possible role in the new Trump administration.