Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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Trump sets off bedlam in White House briefing room with UFC chief Dana White
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Trump → set → White
US President Donald Trump set off a scramble in the White House press briefing room onNov 9 with an appearance so sudden that aides had no time to place the presidential seal on the podium.
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aides → set → podium
Trump was eager to show off UFC CEO Dana White, a close friend more comfortable with watching fighters bash each other in the Octagon than mixing it up with reporters.
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fighters → show → reporters
After heavy Republican losses in the midterm elections less than a week ago, Trump announced on Nov 7 that he had offered the White House press secretary job to White.
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he → announce → White
Trump said on Nov 8 he was just teasing, but White came to the White House anyway to see the president.
“Everyone please take a seat in the briefing room RIGHT NOW,” was a press assistant’s urgent instruction for reporters over the loudspeaker.
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instruction → say → loudspeaker
The announcement set off a stampede among the press corps with TV technicians plugging in cables and setting up microphones.
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technicians → set → microphones
The spot on the podium where the presidential seal would normally hang was left vacant.
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seal → hang → podium
Appearing alongside White, Trump declared that White could be press secretary if he “would only take the job.”
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he → appear → job
Trump has been searching for a press secretary since Karoline Leavitt left in August and her replacement, Katie Zacharia, was fired in October after a week.
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replacement → search → week
The only problem is he’ll talk for a little while and then he’s going to beat the hell out of you,” Trump joked.
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Trump → talk → you
Trump announced that a UFC fight this weekend at Madison Square Garden will feature “the two greatest women fighters of all time.”
“How would I do against one of them?” Trump asked White.
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White → announce → them
“Would I do well?”
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I → do → ?
“I don’t think so,” White said.
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White → think → ?
White, who organised a series of UFC bouts on the White House grounds in June, made clear he had no desire to tussle with reporters.
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had → organise → reporters
“I have zero political aspirations,” said White, while nonetheless taking a few questions.
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White → have → questions
In his first four years in office, Trump was a regular presence in the White House briefing room but now, nearly halfway through his second term, he takes questions in other places.
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he → take → places
He has talked about moving the press corps out of the West Wing to a “less obnoxious location.”
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He → talk → location
After Trump took questions on Iran, Ukraine, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other topics, he turned back to White.
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he → take → White
“Would you like to be press secretary of the United States of America?” said Trump.
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Trump → like → America
“Would you like that, or do you just want to stay with that ridiculous UFC?”
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you → like → UFC
“Thanks for the offer, sir,” said White.
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White → say → offer
“I do not want to be in politics.”
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I → want → politics