President Donald Trump defended his newly minted White House press secretary after her widely panned debut at the briefing room podium, praising her as she beamed behind him.
Asked by a gaggle of reporters outside the White House ahead of his departure to Alaska, Trump remarked that he thought Katie Zacharia did well Tuesday morning.
“Who?” the president asked over the roar of nearby aircraft.
He then turned to look at Zacharia before looking back at the reporters.
“I thought she did very good,” he said. “I thought she was very good.”
Zacharia, 41, stood behind Trump wearing dark sunglasses and clutching her purse.
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