Overview
- Katie Zacharia, who held her first White House briefing on Tuesday, read a prepared statement, answered questions from only three largely conservative outlets and ended the session after about 14 minutes.
- During the debut she announced that President Trump had asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign following reports of alleged misconduct, and Guilfoyle denied the allegations.
- Zacharia brings work as a Trump campaign aide, a brief Department of Homeland Security communications role and a senior adviser post at Trump Media/Truth Social and she said her job will be to ‘amplify’ the president’s messaging.
- Hours after the briefing outlets documented now‑deleted social posts in which she amplified conspiracy claims and at least one report noted that her name did not appear in a California bar search, with credential questions described as still developing.
- The hire and rocky debut come three weeks before the midterm elections and have prompted sharply divided coverage—supportive pro‑Trump outlets praised her loyalty while many mainstream outlets and social users mocked her performance and pressed for more answers about her background.