Katie Zacharia, White House Press Secretary for About Five Days, Says She Is Proud of Brief Tenure

Katie Zacharia, whom President Donald Trump confirmed on Oct. 9 as White House press secretary to succeed Karoline Leavitt, held the job for about five days, a record-short tenure, and her exit has been described as a firing. In an interview with California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak, published Monday in the New York Post, Zacharia said she is proud she accepted the role and will keep supporting Trump. She has returned to California and is a mother of four. A conservative commentator, she previously spent about two months as a deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Her selection surprised parts of Trump's base, since he was reportedly weighing mostly male candidates, including Scott Jennings and Matthew Boyle.

Alternative/independent coverage, from TMZ, focuses on her first public appearance since the firing, in athletic wear. Left-leaning outlets split between HuffPost's account of her interview and the Guardian's podcast on how women in Trump's administration are treated after perceived mistakes. Right-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had.