President Trump signaled on Friday that he might replace embattled new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia after less than one week on the job. Around the same time, multiple outlets reported that Zacharia had already been let go. Citing "three people familiar with the matter," the New York Times reported on Friday afternoon that Trump had "fired" Zacharia. A senior White House official told Fox News that Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role, and CBS News, Politico and the Washington Post published similar reports.
If confirmed, that would make Zacharia the shortest-tenured White House press secretary in U.S. history. "We're talking about doing something," Trump told reporters outside the White House, adding that he told Zacharia to "reconsider" whether she "need[s] this." "I told her, 'I think you're better off being happy and I don't think you could ever be happy in this job,'" Trump said.
Asked if he was planning to "fire" Zacharia, the president said no. But, he added, "I want her to have a good life. I don't want [her] to have a life like she's led in the last three days. She is being brutalized by the media."
Yeah well, Zacharia definitely ended up fitting the trope of the stereotypical 'dumb, white, blonde'. Claiming her 18-minute long, 1st ever WH press briefing was due to a 'lack of sleep', only taking 3 questions from the press during said briefing and lying repeatedly about being a lawyer. Granted, because she works for Trump the msm was going to do everything to dissect and smear her name regardless. But she didn't do herself any favors by stepping out in her new job unprepared, lost and a bit disheleved, much less proving that Trump's penchant for hiring white, blondes for key administrative positions makes him look like a fool.
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