President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated animated video on Truth Social featuring a cartoon version of UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit declaring that former first lady Michelle Obama is a man. The video also depicts UFC chief executive Dana White leading a violent mock White House press briefing in which reporters are attacked.

Created by X user @DrClownPhD, the roughly one-minute clip revives a false conspiracy theory about Michele Obama. Hokit first made the same claim during his postfight interview at the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn.

What the video shows

Drawn in the style of the animated series Family Guy, the video opens with a cartoon version of White announcing: “Trump made me press secretary. I brought help.”

A reporter asks whether Trump is a threat to democracy. White responds by sending former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to throw the reporter to the ground.

Another reporter, depicted with blue hair, asks about Trump's pronouns. Two female fighters grapple with the reporter, who shouts that the scene is fascism. A separate fighter then kicks a security guard in the face.

The briefing ends with several reporters unconscious and a trash fire burning. When Trump asks White how the briefing went, White replies: “Fiery, but mostly peaceful.”

The video also includes a question about whether the former first lady will run for president in 2028. A cartoon Hokit, wearing a bandana, takes White's microphone and declares: “Michelle Obama is a man!”

The scene references Hokit's post-fight speech at the White House UFC event.

How Dana White became part of the joke

The video followed a Truth Social post Trump published on Saturday, November 7, in which he claimed to have offered White the position of White House press secretary.

Trump also named several current and former UFC champions, including Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes, as potential assistants.

He ended the post with a direct appeal: “Dana, please take the job!”

White was in London for a boxing event at the time. During a news conference, he said he would travel to Washington and meet with Trump on Monday.

Trump later told reporters in Florida on Sunday, November 8, that his suggestion about White bringing UFC fighters into the administration should have made clear he was joking. He said White would still visit the White House on November 9.

On Monday, Trump made a surprise appearance alongside White during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room. Trump said he had floated White's name during a difficult day of press coverage, after which reporters treated the suggestion as a serious offer.

White then took the podium and said he had “zero political aspirations.” He explained that Trump had called him while he was attending a Zuffa Boxing event in London. White also said he had never explicitly told Trump no.

The remark Hokit made at the White House UFC event

Hokit made the original comment after defeating Derrick Lewis by second-round knockout at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14.

During his postfight interview, he ended his remarks by saying: “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?”

The comment prompted immediate backlash and has since been revived through Trump's reposted animated video.

The conspiracy theory targeting Michelle Obama

The false claim that Obama is a man has circulated online for more than a decade.

The conspiracy theory emerged in online discussions in the early 2010s. By 2013, YouTube videos promoting so-called “transvestigations” had begun circulating. The content falsely accuses prominent women of secretly being transgender.

In 2014, comedian Joan Rivers was recorded making a similar claim about Obama while speaking to a photographer.

The conspiracy theory resurfaced in 2023 when California Republican Omar Navarro posted the claim on X. Commentator Terrence K. Williams also ran an X poll about it.

Social media reaction

Some X users responded to Trump's video by calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked and speculating about the president's age.

The video has brought together Trump's joking suggestion about White's appointment, Hokit's controversial postfight remark and a longstanding false conspiracy theory about the former first lady.