Katie Zacharia First Press Briefing: A first appearance at the White House podium quickly became an awkward moment for President Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, after she struggled with questions, accidentally referred to Trump as her husband and ended her first briefing after just 14 minutes on Tuesday, October 13.
Her debut in the James Brady Briefing Room drew attention not only for the verbal slip but also for the limited number of questions she answered and her repeated praise of the president.
Zacharia took over the role after Trump selected her to replace Karoline Leavitt. Although her first briefing included a significant announcement about US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, the short session also raised questions about how the new press secretary would handle the demand of daily White House briefings and scrutiny from journalists.
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Zacharia began her first appearance by expressing enthusiasm about working for Trump. She told reporters she was “so honored” to be working for Trump and said she’d “wanted to work for him for a very long time.”
She then spent around six minutes reading prepared remarks that highlighted Trump’s record and claimed achievements. When she moved to questions, she called on a small number of reporters, including correspondents from Breitbart News, Fox News and the Daily Mail. Reports described the session as unusually brief, with Zacharia answering only a few questions before ending the briefing.
Her first appearance came just one day after she started the job. Trump announced her appointment on October 9, naming the conservative commentator and former communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group as Leavitt’s successor.
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The most widely reported moment came when a Daily Mail reporter asked Zacharia how she planned to manage the demanding press secretary role while raising four children. The question referred to Leavitt’s decision to leave the job after the birth of her second child.
Zacharia struggled to finish her response before mistakenly referring to the president as her husband.
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