The reaction of White House reporters to the "brutal" departure of Katie Zacharia from the post of Trump's press secretary

Safir Arjan Digital spoke with several White House reporters about the dramatic departure of Kitty Zakharia from the position of press secretary for President Donald Trump.

White House reporters are stunned by the short tenure of President Donald Trump's press secretary Cathy Zacharias after just five days on the job.

Zacharias, who took to the podium for the first time Tuesday after incumbent Carolyn Leavitt stepped down, didn't receive the warmest of receptions, with critics pointing to her nervous demeanor and the fact that she only contacted three reporters during her first appearance.

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The reporter added: "Caroline Maggay was beautiful and fierce... and dignified, professional and genuine. She set a new standard for press secretaries. You can't just be warm and nice on TV."

A third White House correspondent said they were surprised Trump offered him the job in the first place, saying, "Usually he's very specific about who has 'it' and who doesn't."

"There's no excuse for Katy's short debut," the reporter said. In this role, you must be the best communicator because your job is to speak to the American people on behalf of the president. No one expected him to have all the answers, or even most of them. "But I expected him to have basic communication skills that simply weren't there."

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Critics watched Zacharias' difficult first appearance on the podium. (Samuel Korum / Pool / FTWP)

While Zakaria's shaky performance in the briefing room drew much attention, it was his repeated claims that he was a lawyer that may have been more fatal to his future in the Trump administration.

The fourth White House press secretary said it was a "bigger threat" than his first and only day at the podium.

The reporter said: On the other hand, shame on the president. He was visibly angry and agitated. "He wanted his new press secretary now, and he wasn't going to let old Susie Wiles tell him to wait until he convinced someone better prepared and qualified for one of the toughest jobs in government to actually take the job."

The reporter pointed to current staffers in the White House communications shop, such as Anna Kelly and Lauren Bice, as people who could handle the job but are not "central players" in Trump's view.

"He took what seemed like a nice young woman who was defending him on TV and was doing a good job and humiliated her a lot and made her a national laughing stock because she didn't want to be told no," the reporter said of Zacharias.

They added: "I don't want to say he ruined her life, but she's going to be stuck for a long time. And that's not fair."

Trump's new press secretary, Jen Psacki, mocks him, asks if he's a "fake potential lawyer."

As the search continues for Zacharias' replacement, the sixth White House correspondent insisted it "doesn't matter" who serves as press secretary in the current administration.

NBC News White House correspondent Garrett Hawke said the drama surrounding Zakaria is indicative of a "bigger problem" for Trump and his staff.

"The firing of former press secretary Katie Zacharias highlights a bigger problem for the Trump White House two weeks before the midterm elections: They're struggling to get any message across. Meandering meetings, stories of staffers consuming oxygen, long, barely audible rants, no briefings," Huck writes in X.

Trump said: I just talked to him about this. I said: Kathy, is this really for you? I told him: Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider this.

"Maybe not for him," he added later.

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