Katie Zacharia savaged online for gushing over Trump even after brutal firing: ‘Have some self respect’

Katie Zacharia, 41, lost her job as White House press secretary five days after starting, and then publicly praised the president who removed her. Her warm tribute to Donald Trump on X Friday evening drew more than six million views and 15,000 comments, many of them derisive. The Independent reports that commenters called her post pathetic and noted she had barely settled in. Others observed that her stint was shorter than Anthony Scaramucci's 11 days as communications director in Trump's first term.

Trump hinted at the exit earlier that day, telling reporters on the White House lawn that he would reconsider if he were her. Officials then confirmed the firing. Within an hour of telling The Wall Street Journal that no staffing changes were underway, she was gone. Trump had named her successor to Karoline Leavitt on October 9. Her only briefing, on Tuesday, lasted 14 minutes and featured halting remarks, questions from three reporters and a slip in which she called her husband "my president." An unnamed official described it as brutal.

On Thursday, Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed her about whether she had passed the bar exam. She acknowledged she had not, while defending her performance.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →