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'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.

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'Dana, please take the job!' - Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secretary BBC Sport
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The BBC has asked the White House and TKO Holdings, the parent company of UFC, for comment.

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'Dana, please take the job!' - Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secretaryBBC Sport
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'Dana, please take the job!' - Trump asks UFC boss to be White House press secretary

The BBC has asked the White House and TKO Holdings, the parent company of UFC, for comment.

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France 24

'A violent fighter and warrior': Trump offers press secretary role to UFC chief Dana White

Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press SecretaryNYTimes – US
NYT

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.

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DW

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.

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