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Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press Secretary

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The White House has been without a press secretary since October when Katie Zacharia left the position after less than a week on the job. US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was offering a press secretary role to martial arts media magnate Dana White. Covered by 20 outlets: 5 lean left, 8 are centre, 5 lean right, 2 are not rated.

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  1. Toronto Sun Leans right Factuality: Mostly factual CA
    Donald Trump offers press secretary role to UFC boss Dana White

    White House without press secretary since Oct. 16 when Katie Zacharia left after less than a week on the job

  2. FRANCE 24 English Center Factuality: High State media FR
    'A violent fighter and warrior': Trump offers press secretary role to UFC chief Dana White

    US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was asking mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to be the new White House press secretary. Trump has repeatedly tried to hitch his MAGA brand of politics to White's enormously successful Ultimate Fighting Championship.

    State-funded media
  3. Deadline Center Factuality: High US
    UFC’s Dana White As White House Press Secretary? Trump Says “Please Take The Job!”

    Donald Trump says he has offered the job of White House press secretary to UFC President and CEO Dana White, “a violent Fighter and Warrior,” in the president’s words. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was joking, trolling, both or neither. If White accepts the gig,...

  4. The Sydney Morning Herald Leans left Factuality: High AU
    Trump offers UFC boss role of White House press secretary

    US President Donald Trump has offered the boss of UFC, Dana White, the role of White House press secretary

  5. The New York Times Left Factuality: Very high US
    Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press Secretary

    On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization’s C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.

  6. The Globe and Mail Center Factuality: High CA
    Trump offers UFC CEO Dana White White House press secretary job

    Trump asked for six current or former UFC titleholders to join White

  7. Manchestereveningnews Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Donald Trump offers UFC boss Dana White job as press secretary

    The US president made the plea in a bizzare social media post

  8. Zero Hedge Right Factuality: Low US
    "Defend Us Against The Lunatic Left": Trump Wants UFC's Dana White As Press Secretary

    "Defend Us Against The Lunatic Left": Trump Wants UFC's Dana White As Press Secretary President Trump said Saturday he has offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White , three weeks after his last pick was pushed out five days into the job. "I am pleased...

    Low reliability sourceElevated risk
  9. TMZ No political lean US
    Trump Offers Dana White Open White House Press Secretary Role

    President Donald Trump has offered the next White House Press Secretary job to Dana White ... so sorry, Nicki Minaj! In a Truth Social post shared Saturday ... the prez wrote ... "I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent…

  10. Raw Story Left Factuality: Mixed US
    Trump is 'spiraling into severe psychosis' as he makes shock 'trolling' job offer: critics

    President Donald Trump’s Saturday offer of the White House press secretary job to UFC boss Dana White , along with a team of mixed martial arts fighters as his “assistants,” left critics debating whether the president was joking or simply coming unglued. “I am pleased to...

    Elevated risk
  11. Variety Leans left Factuality: High US
    Trump Offers Press Secretary Role to UFC CEO Dana White, Asks That He Bring Assistants to ‘Defend Us Against the Lunatic Left’

    President Donald Trump has offered UFC President and CEO Dana White the White House press secretary role after Katie Zacharia was ousted in October. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary...

  12. CNBC Center Factuality: High US
    Trump offers UFC chief Dana White press secretary job

    President Donald Trump offered the job of press secretary to UFC president and CEO Dana White on Saturday.

  13. DW News Center Factuality: Very high DE
    Trump offers White House press secretary role to Dana White

    US President Donald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

  14. Mother Jones Left Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Trump Just Offered the Press Secretary Gig to UFC’s Dana White

    President Donald Trump wants United Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to be the White House press secretary, he announced Saturday. “The Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth...

  15. South China Morning Post Leans right Factuality: High HK
    Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be his new press secretary: ‘please take the job’

    US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was offering a press secretary role to martial arts media magnate Dana White. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United...

  16. Techinsider No political lean US
    Trump says he offered 'violent fighter' Dana White the role of press secretary: 'Dana, please take the job!'

    President Donald Trump said Dana White would make a White House press secretary like "none other."

  17. Standard Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Donald Trump offers UFC boss job as his press secretary

    The role has been vacant since mid-October, when the last incumbent Katie Zacharia left after just a few days on the job.

  18. Daily Mail Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Donald Trump offers UFC chief Dana White press secretary job in bizarre replacement for fired Katie Zacharia

    In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: 'I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States.'

  19. The Jerusalem Post Leans right Factuality: High IL
    'Please take the job': Trump offers UFC CEO Dana White position of White House Press Secretary

    White, 57, is one of Trump's closest and longest-standing friends, speaking on Trump's behalf at the Republican Party conventions in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

  20. RedState Right Factuality: Mixed US
    President Trump Announces He Has Offered the WH Press Sec Job to UFC's Dana White
    Elevated risk
  21. ABC News (Australia) Center Factuality: Very high AU
    Breaking: Trump offers press secretary role to UFC chief Dana White

    The White House has been without a press secretary since October when Katie Zacharia left the position after less than a week on the job.

  22. Washington Times Right Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Trump asks UFC's Dana White to be White House press secretary

    President Trump on Saturday offered UFC CEO Dana White to be his new press secretary.

  23. Reuters Center Factuality: Very high GB
    Trump offers UFC chief Dana White top communications job - Reuters

    Trump offers UFC chief Dana White top communications job Reuters

  24. Newsweek Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Trump Offers UFC CEO Dana White Press Secretary Job: ‘A Violent Fighter’

    It would mark another change in a White House press operation that has experienced unusually rapid turnover.

  25. Reddit Leans left Factuality: Mixed US
    Trump offers White House press secretary position to Dana White

    submitted by /u/TriggerHippie77 [link] [comments]

    Mixed reliability
  26. New York Post Right Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Trump offers UFC boss Dana White role of White House press secretary: ‘Please take the job!’

    Trump says he offered UFC CEO Dana White the White House press secretary job, naming fighters as aides.

    Elevated risk
  27. The Sydney Morning Herald Leans left Factuality: High AU
    Trump publicly offers UFC boss press secretary job

    In a post to Truth Social, Trump implored Ultimate Fighting Championship boss Dana White to “please take the job!”

  28. The Hill Center Factuality: High US
    Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to Dana White

    President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC...

  29. Google News Center Factuality: High US
    Trump offers UFC chief Dana White press secretary job - CNBC

    Trump offers UFC chief Dana White press secretary job CNBC Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to Dana White The Hill Trump offers UFC chief Dana White top communications job Reuters 'Please take the job!' - Trump asks UFC boss Dane White to be White House...

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