Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, who President Trump is requesting work in the White House, are not American citizens and instead hold citizenship in Russia.
According to U.S. President Donald J. Trump he has offered the position of White House Press Secretary to UFC president Dana White. According to President Trump, they have also requested that he bring “assistants” in the form of actual UFC fighters, saying “we need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left.”