Katie Zacharia’s first White House press briefing ended awkwardly on Tuesday, October 13, after she mistakenly called her husband “my president” and answered questions from just three reporters.
The new press secretary also struggled to answer a question about US intelligence sharing with Ukraine and announced that the administration had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece. Zacharia announced that the administration had asked Guilfoyle to leave her diplomatic post. Zacharia, who replaced Karoline Leavitt, spent much of her opening speech praising President Donald Trump and promoting Republican rallies ahead of the November midterm elections. “I have wanted to work for him for a very long time.
“I am so honored to work for President Trump and the American people,” she said. Zacharia also called a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, a “blockbuster rally” and said Americans were “lining up and packing out arenas to support President Trump and Republicans. Zacharia said she hoped to “amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump’s incredible agenda for the American people. she mistakenly said, “So my president — sorry, my husband.” While explaining that her husband was helping with the family.
