White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving her role a week after starting it: official
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his embattled new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, may be on her way out — a mere week after he picked her for the post.
U.S. president said Zacharia was 'brutalized by the media' during her first week in the role
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U.S. President Donald Trump signalled Friday that his embattled new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, may be on her way out — a mere week after he picked her for the post.
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn as he left for a rally in Georgia, Trump said he’d spoken to Zacharia and that he felt she didn’t deserve what he called negative media coverage.
"I told her, 'I think you’re better off being happy,'" Trump said.
“We’re talking about — I want her to have a good life. I don’t want her to have a life like she’s led the last three days,” Trump said.
WATCH | Katie Zacharia's first briefing:
New White House press secretary stumbles in first briefing | Hanomansing Live
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Donald Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia took only three questions in her first briefing.Trump added, "I said, 'Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.'"
The president said he’d make a final determination later perhaps after his campaign travel, adding, "When I get back, we’re going to talk."
He also said, "I told Katie, in my opinion, she was treated very unfairly," Trump said, noting that Zacharia has been "brutalized by the media."
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