The Moment Katie Zacharia Found Out Her Five-Day Stint as Press Secretary Was Over

Then senior adviser Jason Miller knocked on her door and said "JD wanted to chat with us real quick,"[2] meaning the vice president.Raw Story writes that, according to the Journal, Zacharia walked out and didn't return. At the same moment, President Trump was at his new helipad telling reporters about a talk he'd had with her earlier.[3] Trump told reporters: "Honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider."[3]Mediaite says that earlier in the interview, Zacharia told the Journal "There are no staffing changes that are happening... I'm trying to keep everyone cohesive."[4]Speaking to the Journal after she was fired, Zacharia said "I did everything in my power to effectuate a briefing in the limited time and information I had."[1]NBC News reports that she left "following a widely panned first press briefing and the revelation that she represented herself as a lawyer but did not pass her bar exam."[5] According to Axios, Trump was "blindsided" when he learned she wasn't an "attorney"[6].A White House spokesperson told TheWrap that Zacharia "will continue to support the President as she transitions to a new role."[7] On X, Zacharia called Trump "a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic and hardworking man."[7]TheWrap reports that her exit was "the shortest tenure for a White House press secretary in modern history."[7]