Why Trump’s new press secretary had to go after just five days

October 17, 2026 — 10:44am

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When Anthony Scaramucci was fired from the White House after just 11 days, it followed a series of incendiary and unwise interactions with the media – phoning magazine reporters, calling into CNN, posting accusatory tweets – for which he had no one to blame but himself.

Perhaps Katie Zacharia, too, shoulders some blame for her record-breaking five-day tenure – for getting in over her head, for misrepresenting her legal qualifications, for making excuses rather than acknowledging her error.

But when you have to sack your fresh recruit after just five days, that reflects much more on the person doing the hiring than the person being fired.

We know that Trump chose Zacharia after watching her on Fox News and Newsmax. He liked that she was a rusted-on Trump loyalist, and indeed worked for his Trump Media & Technology Group, which........

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