White House press secretary Katie Zacharia had been sitting down for an interview with the newspaper The Wall Street Journal when she discovered she had been fired just five days into her role, reports say.
Donald Trump’s latest press secretary had made a disastrous debut on Tuesday, taking only three questions from friendly outlets, reading from a script and speaking for only 14 minutes.
The 42-year-old had also faced scrutiny over her legal background after the US president described her as an attorney – despite her confirming that she had never passed the bar exam.
The Journal wrote that they had been interviewing Ms Zacharia at her desk in the West Wing at 1pm on Friday, when she received a knock on the door from Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the president.
“JD wanted to chat with us real quick,” Mr Miller had said, referring the JD Vance, the vice president.
Minutes later, Mr Trump told reporters at his helipad that he had told Ms Zacharia: “I said, ‘Is this for you Katie? Because honestly, you don’t need this’”.
He added: “Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider.”
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