President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the suggestion he'd pick UFC CEO Dana White to serve as White House press secretary was a joke. 

“I will tell you, I was only kidding. But Dana loves the idea, and there’s only one Dana, and he’s great," Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach, Fla, The Hill reported. 

President Trump announced on Truth Social that he offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White.

"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, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris," he wrote. 

White later confirmed that a meeting was taking place at the White House on Monday to discuss the opportunity. Trump said on Sunday that the meeting was taking place, but he repeated it was meant to be a joke. 

“Of course, I was kidding. And you can see that, because they put all of the great fighters as his assistants, that they’re all going to come with them. But it was, it was just a little fun,” Trump said. 

The White House has yet to find a permanent replacement for Karoline Leavitt, who resigned earlier this year. Katie Zacharia, a political commentator, held the role for five days last month, but after questions arose over her legal qualifications, she was fired.