Trump casts doubt on new press secretary Katie Zacharia’s future

Photos of Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia giving her first briefingplaceholder image
Photos of Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia giving her first briefing

He said Ms Zacharia had been treated ‘very unfairly’ by the press.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, might not stay in the job much longer.

“I told her, ‘I think you’re better off being happy’,” Mr Trump said.

He also noted that Ms Zacharia had been treated “very unfairly” by the press and said that he had told her she had a great life and family without having to be press secretary.

Donald Trump walks to board Marine One in Washington on Tuesday as Katie Zacharia looks on (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)placeholder image
Donald Trump walks to board Marine One in Washington on Tuesday as Katie Zacharia looks on (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Mr Trump said he would make a final determination later.

In comments to reporters on the lawn as he left the White House for Georgia, Mr Trump was asked who might replace Ms Zacharia should she leave and said that many people would want the job.

“I told Katie, in my opinion, she was treated very unfairly,” Mr Trump said, adding that Ms Zacharia has been “brutalised by the media”.

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