Trump's press secretary, Katie Zacharias, left after five days

White House press secretary Katie Zacharias was fired after just five days. President Trump told reporters on Friday that he would discuss the new role with Zakaria. "I said, 'We're going to talk when I get back, because I don't think Katie's going to suffer the way she did,'" Trump said.

White House press secretary Katie Zacharias was fired after just five days.

President Trump told reporters on Friday that he would discuss the new role with Zakaria.

"I said, 'We're going to talk when I get back, because I don't think Katie should suffer the way she's suffering from the press,'" Trump said. RELATED STORIES "Under Siege," Netflix's second ambitious Colombian series — a "huge undertaking even by our standards" — bows Nov. 6 Anne Hathaway would prefer another Oscar win.

"What I feel is that I really got ready to do the press conference with very little time to prepare," he said. "Considering the fact that I was at work for less than eight hours and had a brief book in the morning, I feel like I did my best, Sean, to present to the American people that day."

Hannity followed through with a series of questionable questions about his credentials. Zakaria defended calling himself a "lawyer" because he had a valid law degree.

His shaky performance has led to speculation about whether he will outlast press secretary Anthony Scaramucci, who survived just 11 days into Trump's first term.

"Records are made to be broken," Scaramucci quipped at X. "But I don't enjoy other people's pain."