New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- US President Donald Trump has clarified that his social media post about offering the role of White House press secretary to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White was a joke.

"I was only kidding, but Dana loves the idea," Trump told reporters on Sunday.

"Of course I was kidding, and you could see that because I put all of the great fighters as his assistants," Trump said.

In his post on Truth Social, Trump had even suggested that White should bring some UFC fighters, including foreign nationals like Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, to 'defend us against the Lunatic Left'.

Responding to Trump's post, White, who was in London, said he would meet the US president on Monday.

"I'm sure I'll hav...