Trump, Dana White Dismiss Press Secretary Talk as Joke After 24 Hours of Rumors
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Trump, Dana White Dismiss Press Secretary Talk as Joke After 24 Hours of Rumors
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Summary
At a White House briefing, Donald Trump said his suggestion that UFC CEO Dana White become press secretary was “sort of kidding” and had been turned into a real story.
White said he has “zero political aspirations” and that the previous 24 hours had been “insane” after Trump called him while he was in London for a Zuffa Boxing event.
Trump said he floated White’s name during a “very bad press day,” framing it as an offhand remark about a longtime friend rather than a staffing move.
The appearance drifted into political theater, with White praising Trump’s toughness, rejecting a hypothetical Trump-Biden cage match and fielding a question on Trump’s support for a posthumous pardon for Pete Rose.