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Trump 'Picked an Incompetent Individual to Do the Job': Katie Zacharia Out After Less Than a Week

The 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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News Wrap: Zacharia out as White House press secretary after less than a week on the jobIn our news wrap Friday, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role after less than a week on the job, three large brush fires in Southern California are forcing people to flee their homes and dozens of Israeli settlers set cars and trees ablaze across the West Bank and attacked Palestinians as they gathered for their…
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