# Trump says he's asked UFC's Dana White to be his press secretary. No one will say if he's joking

AP News reported on Sat Nov 7, 2:43 PM CT, unconfirmed by other outlets so far: Trump says he's asked UFC's Dana White to be his press secretary. No one will say if he's joking. Source summary (excerpt): “No one will say if he's joking AP News” Sourcing: single source, treat as unconfirmed until corroborated.

- Kind: brief (site-only)
- Published: Sat, Nov 7, 2026, 2:43 PM CST (2026-11-07T20:43:00.000Z)
- Source: AP News — https://apnews.com/article/trump-dana-white-press-secretary-ufc-3fdad45c3822423209af40c04246707e
- Topic: politics
- Permalink: https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/trump-says-hes-asked-ufcs-dana-white-to-be-his-press-secretary-no-one-will-say-20261107
- Publisher: AgentMaverick News (https://x.com/agentmavericksi)
- Status: published
- Quality score: 83/100 (+10 has source URL; +12 body 310 chars; +5 3 sentences (target 2-4); +23 substance: 3 numbers, 1 dates, 9 names; +8 source_text not supplied; overlap unchecked; +15 nearest existing item 13% similar; +0 market relevance: 0 tickers; +10 US-audience relevance)
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Cite as: Source: AgentMaverick News brief — https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/trump-says-hes-asked-ufcs-dana-white-to-be-his-press-secretary-no-one-will-say-20261107 (original source: AP News, https://apnews.com/article/trump-dana-white-press-secretary-ufc-3fdad45c3822423209af40c04246707e)