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  "id": 18784720,
  "title": "'Please take the job': Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be White House press secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/please-take-the-job-trump-asks-ufc-chief-dana-white-to-be-white-house",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T20:45:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2042867/please-take-the-job-trump-asks-ufc-chief-dana-white-to-be-white-house-press-secretary"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump invited UFC chief Dana White to serve as White House press secretary, requesting that White bring some fighters along as assistants. Trump praised White as a \"violent Fighter and Warrior.\" The White House press secretary position had recently been vacated, with White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia leaving the role just a week after accepting it due to public scrutiny. Zacharia had mentioned that she failed the bar exam, a requirement for legal practice in the United States. Trump suggested that White and his UFC team could provide a strong defense against what he referred to as the \"Lunatic Left.\" He proposed six current or former UFC champions to join White, including Russia's Khabib Nurmagomedov, American Justin Gaethje and Daniel Cormier, and Brazilian Amanda Nunes, who had become an American citizen earlier. White and the UFC's parent company did not immediately respond to requests for comment.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had asked mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to serve as White House press secretary and called on him to bring some fighters along as assistants “even though some are not from our country.” White, chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is a “violent Fighter and Warrior,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump asked for six…",
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        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Trump offers UFC's Dana White press secretary job",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/trump-offers-ufcs-dana-white-press-secretary-job",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC’s Dana White",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Trump asks UFC chief Dana White to be his new press secretary: ‘please take the job’",
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        "outlet": "Mother Jones",
        "title": "Trump Just Offered the Press Secretary Gig to UFC’s Dana White",
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        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Trump Offers Press Secretary Role to UFC CEO Dana White, Asks That He Bring Assistants to ‘Defend Us Against the Lunatic Left’",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump offers UFC boss role of White House press secretary",
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        "published": "2026-11-07T20:37:44.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump offers UFC boss role of White House press secretary",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "UFC’s Dana White As White House Press Secretary? Trump Says “Please Take The Job!”",
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        "published": "2026-11-07T20:40:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "'A violent fighter and warrior': Trump offers press secretary role to UFC chief Dana White",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/a-violent-fighter-and-warrior-trump-offers-press-secretary-role-to",
        "published": "2026-11-07T20:45:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Donald Trump offers press secretary role to UFC boss Dana White",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/donald-trump-offers-press-secretary-role-to-ufc-boss-dana-white",
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