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Keith Edwards questions Trump's Dana White "joke"

The commentator revisits the press secretary offer, Trump's explanation and a theory involving a former Pentagon spokesperson with almost the same name.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,524,667 views a day, 5.6 times a normal first day on this channel (272,976).

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Things we can learn from the video

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  1. 0:00Trump's post offers UFC chief Dana White the press secretary job, with UFC fighters as assistants.
  2. 1:36White laughs about the offer and says he already has plenty of jobs.
  3. 4:34Edwards explores whether Trump or his staff confused White with former Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White.
  4. 5:51Trump tells reporters the offer was a joke.
  5. 7:53A Morning Joe panel considers Trump's appeal to young men through sports.
  6. 9:27Edwards rejects Trump's explanation and argues that the post was serious.

Keith Edwards puts two very different job descriptions side by side: running the UFC and answering questions for the White House. His latest commentary follows Donald Trump's public offer of the press secretary role to , then examines Trump's insistence that he was kidding.

The video passed roughly 830,000 views in nine hours, a much faster start than Edwards's regular uploads usually receive.

In the press conference footage Edwards plays, White laughs about the proposal and points out that his schedule is already full. "Yeah, I got a lot of jobs already," he says. Trump's post also proposed UFC fighters as assistants, bringing the combat-sports connection into the proposed press operation.

Edwards then turns to an alternative explanation: perhaps Trump or his staff meant , the former Pentagon spokesperson. He shows her LinkedIn response acknowledging the apparent confusion and distinguishing her communications career from the octagon. That response does not establish that a mix-up actually happened; it remains the theory Edwards is exploring.

Trump's own explanation appears in footage of him speaking to reporters: "I will tell you, I was only kidding, but Dana loves the idea."

Edwards doesn't accept that account. After including 's reaction and a Morning Joe discussion featuring sports journalist , he closes with his own emphatic judgment: "I guarantee you, it was not a joke."

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The facts
Subscribers
1,370,000
Channel views, last 7 days
17,090,049
Channel views, pace per day
3,694,883 (on a normal day: 1,823,328)
Video published
November 9, 2026
Video views so far
833,203 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
1,524,667

The numbers

Edwards's Dana White commentary is drawing views much faster than his usual regular-video start.

the video's first day
usual first day here
272,976
this video
1,524,667
subscribers
1,370,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
903,721,469
views per day
3,694,883
typical day: 1,823,328
the video
views
833,203
likes
21,602
comments
2,259
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Keith Edwards
1,370,000
Trish Regan
1,350,000
Novara Media
1,330,000
As of November 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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