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Dana White appears at White House briefing after Trump’s press secretary remark
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UFC president Dana White appeared at the White House press briefing room on Monday and took reporters’ questions, according to The Hill, Fox News, the Washington Examiner and Just the News. The appearance followed Trump’s weekend Truth Social post offering White the press secretary job. The Hill reports that Trump told reporters on Sunday he was actually joking, and the Washington Examiner quotes him calling the idea “a little fun.” Fox News reports that White, at the podium, said he has “zero political aspirations.” Fox News describes White as taking the podium to address the press secretary rumors.
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Dana White, UFC president, appeared at the White House briefing room on Monday and took reporters’ questions.
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The appearance followed Trump’s Truth Social post over the weekend offering White the press secretary position.
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Trump said he had been joking, and called the idea “a little fun.”
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White said he has “zero political aspirations.”
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The Hill, Fox News, the Washington Examiner and Just the News all report that Dana White took reporters’ questions at the White House briefing after Trump floated him as press secretary. The center report stays with the event, while right-side coverage adds Trump’s joking framing and White’s denial of political ambitions.
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The Hill’s headline reports White taking the podium at the briefing as a plain event, with no characterization of Trump’s offer or the joke.
Dana White takes podium at White House press briefing
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Right-side headlines report White at the podium; Fox News stresses his denial of political aspirations, while the Washington Examiner centers Trump’s “very bad press day” framing.
Dana White takes questions at podium during White House briefing with Trump
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…an impromptu press briefing with reporters at the White House on Monday, where he conceded that his announcement of UFC president Dana White as the next White House press…
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Dana White takes podium at White House press briefing
Dana White, president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship, stopped by the press briefing room Monday, participating in an impromptu press conference with President Trump. …
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- White’s denial of political ambitions
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- White taking reporters’ questions
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Dana White takes questions at podium during White House briefing with Trump
Dana White took the White House podium to shut down press secretary rumors, saying he has zero political aspirations after President Trump's surprise joke.
- Washington ExaminerRight
Trump says he floated Dana White for press secretary during ‘very bad press day’
President Donald Trump held an impromptu press briefing with reporters at the White House on Monday, where he Loaded verb“conceded”Conceded implies Trump admitted a mistake, while the outlet is only reporting what he said about the announcement.More neutral: saidDisagree with this highlight? that his announcement of UFC president Dana White as the next White House press secretary over the weekend was just “a little fun. …
- Just the NewsFar Right
UFC's Dana White takes podium at White House press briefing
The UFC's Dana White on Monday appeared behind the podium of the White House's Brady Briefing Room and fielded questions from reporters.
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