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According to Dana White — despite speaking at the last three Republican National Conventions and organizing a UFC event on the White House lawn on Donald Trump’s 80th birthday — he does not speak politically.
As Dana White does a press tour — speaking with the likes of TIME Magazine and Rolling Stone — to promote the upcoming UFC event that’s being held on the White House lawn, he’s continuing to peddle his new talking point that, actually, he’s not political.
Dana White has again claimed he does not make political statements despite speaking at the last three Republican National Conventions
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, White described himself as “right down the middle common sense” and maintained that he does not speak politically. This is not the first time he has made this argument.
White’s latest comments to Rolling Stone echo a statement he made earlier this year in which he said, without a hint of irony: “Look at any of my speeches at the Republican convention, they’re never political.”
The Rolling Stone Interview: Dana White @danawhite tells Rolling Stone he does not speak politically.
“You never hear me talk politically, you never hear me say anything left, right. I’m a right down the middle common sense … that’s me.” pic.twitter.com/K5VdrdWUFn
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 27, 2026
Furthermore, back in April, when pressed on whether the White House UFC event was political, he said: “Not at all, no. Well, it’s on the birthday of America!”
America’s birthday is widely accepted as being July 4 and not June 14, when the UFC Freedom 250 is being held. June 14 is, however, Donald Trump’s birthday.
During his speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention, White said things such as:
“This man [Trump] is the toughest, most resilient human being that I’ve ever met in my life. I’m in the tough man business.”
“President Trump is fighting to save the American dream. And that’s what’s at stake in this election.”
According to White, however, the above comments are not political statements, despite the former being about the then-Republican nominee and the latter being about the consequences of the 2024 Presidential election.