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Mar-a-Lago Face Won’t Save You

(Update: Hours after we published this piece, Zacharia was indeed fired. Proving once more, Mar-a-Lago face will never save you.) It is rarely an auspicious occasion when a White House press secretary becomes the subject of headlines. But by attempting the simple act of uttering words, that is exactly what unfolded when Katie Zacharia stepped […]

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Suspicions grow after Trump's 'extreme long shot' pick becomes press secretaryQuestions swirled Sunday after President Donald Trump announced who his next press secretary would be. "I am pleased to announce that Katie Zacharia will be beginning her term as Press Secretary tomorrow, Columbus Day, and will be doing an introductory News Conference on Tuesday at 9:30 A.M. from the Press Briefing Room in the White House. Katie has been…
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Trump 'Picked an Incompetent Individual to Do the Job': Katie Zacharia Out After Less Than a WeekThe tumultuous tenure of White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has already come to an end just three days after her first press briefing . After his new hire shambled her way through yet another Fox News appearance the night before, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he'd suggested Zacharia "reconsider" her role as the top White House…
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Katie Zacharia’s five days as press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiringThe president reportedly chose Zacharia after seeing her on television, but her first press briefing and disastrous interviews sealed her fate And so Katie Zacharia joins the mayfly ranks of Liz Truss, Anthony Scaramucci , New Coke, CNN+ and Quibi. To say she burned twice as bright and half as long would be too kind. She went out like a firework on a…
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