Meta taps UFC's Dana White for key role as it cozies up to Trump with MAGA ally: report

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a close Donald Trump supporter, will join Meta’s board of directors in yet another signal that the company is moving to further align itself with the incoming administration.

The announcement came Monday and follows news last week that Republican Joel Kaplan would become Meta’s chief global affairs officer, and that the company would donate $1 million toward Trump’s inauguration.

“Dana is the President and CEO of UFC, and he has built it into one of the most valuable...