Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 8
Trump Shares 1-Minute Dana White Attack Cartoon After Press Job Offer
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 8

Trump Shares 1-Minute Dana White Attack Cartoon After Press Job Offer

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 8

Summary

  • A roughly 1-minute cartoon Trump posted Sunday shows UFC CEO Dana White, cast as press secretary, ordering fighters to attack reporters in the White House briefing room.
  • The post came a day after Trump said he had offered White the job, praising him as a “violent Fighter and Warrior” and suggesting he could bring UFC fighters with him.
  • White declined to answer questions at a London event and said he would meet Trump on Monday, while a White House official said the offer was a joke.
  • The press secretary post has been vacant since Katie Zacharia left just five days into her tenure last month, leaving Trump’s latest post to land amid an unsettled communications role.

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