Trump says he floated Dana White for press secretary during ‘very bad press day’

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President Donald Trump held an impromptu press briefing with reporters at the White House on Monday, where he conceded that his announcement of UFC president Dana White as the next White House press secretary over the weekend was just “a little fun.”

Trump opened the press briefing by stating that the United States, likely, would not resume military operations in Iran, before inviting White up to the lectern in the Brady Briefing Room.

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