Trump’s new press secretary looks close to exit after just one week
Politics
October 16, 2026
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Embattled new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia looked unlikely to survive after President Donald Trump said Friday that she should “reconsider” her position, given her shaky performance less than a week into the high-profile job.
“I said, ‘Katie, is this for you?,'” Trump told reporters as Zacharia fended off criticism that she falsely claimed to be a lawyer and over her widely panned first official press briefing.
“I said, ‘Katie, you don’t have to do this’… I said to her, ‘Honestly if I were you I’d reconsider.'”
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