凯蒂·扎卡里亚担任白宫新闻秘书的任期不到一周。据报道，唐纳德·特朗普总统于上周五下午解雇了她，白宫随后正式确认了这一消息。在她突然离职之前，她的首次新闻发布会、关于她法律资质的质疑，以及在福克斯新闻电视台进行的两次艰难采访，都让她承受了越来越大的压力。
Katie Zacharia’s time as White House press secretary lasted less than one week. President Donald Trump hired her and then she was reportedly let go on Friday afternoon, a week later, the White House confirmed. Her first briefing, questions about her legal credentials and two difficult interviews on Fox News put her under growing pressure before her sudden exit on Friday.A rushed hiringTrump at first seemed fine with leaving the press secretary job empty following the departure of long-term aide Karoline Leavitt.
仓促的任命过程：在长期助手卡罗琳·利维特离职后，特朗普起初似乎并不急于任命新的新闻秘书。10月7日（周三），他与扎卡里亚通了电话，并对她留下了良好的印象。10月9日（周五），扎卡里亚飞往华盛顿与特朗普会面，几小时后便被宣布为利维特的继任者。特朗普称赞她“始终坚定地支持他的总统任期”，并提到她经常在电视节目中为他的政策发声。当时她居住在加利福尼亚州，是特朗普政策的积极支持者。
On Wednesday, October 7, he had a phone call with Zacharia and was impressed. She flew to Washington DC to meet him in person on Friday, October 9, and was announced as Leavitt’s successor within hours. Trump cited her “unblemished record of support” for his presidency and her regular TV appearances. She was a popular MAGA defender on cable, while living in California.
扎卡里亚的任职经历： 10月8日（周四），扎卡里亚在接受“Pizzagate”阴谋论者杰克·波索比茨的采访时透露，她在被任命前从未收到过完整的任职说明或培训材料。她这样描述自己的工作安排：“10月7日（周三）接到电话；10月8日（周四）乘飞机前往华盛顿；10月9日（周五）与特朗普会面；10月10日（周六）再次乘飞机返回加利福尼亚；10月11日（周一）是哥伦布日，属于联邦假日，因此当天没有开始工作；直到10月12日（周二）早上才正式开始上班。”
On Thursday, Zacharia described the process of her hiring. Speaking to Jack Posobiec, the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist who now hosts on the pro-Trump streaming channel Real America’s Voice, she said she “never had a full briefing beforehand.”She laid out her week like this: “Wednesday phone call; Thursday flight; Friday meeting; Saturday flight; Sunday flight; Monday, Columbus Day, federal holiday. Start work, wants a brief Tuesday morning.”
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Ex-Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling gets 10-year sentence in infant son's deathThe first briefingZacharia appeared in the briefing room for the first time on Tuesday, her second day on the job. She left after just 14 minutes.
首次新闻发布会：扎卡里亚在入职第二天（10月9日）首次出席新闻发布会，但仅在那里待了14分钟就离开了。据《独立报》报道，她在会上表示自己“非常荣幸能为特朗普工作”，并称“长期以来一直渴望为他效力”。随后，她花了大约六分钟的时间，结结巴巴地宣读了一份事先准备好的、充满对特朗普赞扬的发言稿。
According to The Independent, she began by saying she was “so honored” to work for Trump and had “wanted to work for him for a very long time.”She then spent about six minutes reading haltingly from prepared remarks full of praise for Trump.
她还谈到了他过去几个月的成功，包括她所说的“对委内瑞拉的‘历史性一日战争’”。提问时，她首先点名了一位来自《布赖特巴特新闻》的记者。接下来是福克斯新闻记者彼得·杜西，他问美国是否已经停止向乌克兰共享情报。扎卡里亚无法回答，她说她将“稍后再回复[他]这个问题”。随后是《每日邮报》的一位记者，他问特朗普是否仍在考虑解除希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福耶的职务。
She also spoke about his successes from past months, including what she called a “historic one-day war” against Venezuela. When she took questions, she first called on a reporter from Breitbart News. Next was Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, who asked if the US has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. Zacharia could not answer and said she would “have to get back to [him] on that.”Then came a Daily Mail reporter, who asked if Trump was still thinking of firing Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle.
据报道，扎卡里亚表示特朗普曾要求吉尔福耶辞职。《独立报》称，《每日邮报》的追问是事情出错的根源。她被问及，鉴于她的前任因仅有两个孩子而在平衡角色与家庭之间选择辞职，她将如何在抚养四个孩子的同时应对这份艰巨的工作。“完全不和孩子共度夜晚的想法是完全不可接受的，”她说。然后她补充道：“所以我的总统——抱歉，我的丈夫——就在外面。”
As per reports, Zacharia said Trump had asked Guilfoyle to resign. The Independent said the Mail’s follow-up question was what made things go wrong. She was asked how she would manage the tough job while raising four children, given that her predecessor chose to step down over balancing the role with just two.“The idea of not spending evenings with my kid kids are is completely unacceptable,” she said. Then she added: “So my president - excuse me, my husband - is out here.”
据报道，她试图通过称特朗普为“有史以来最亲家庭的总统”来化解现场的笑声。她随后结束了简报，表示特朗普正“前往海军陆战队一号直升机，进行我们前往阿拉斯加的历史性旅行，我们可以在那里向他提出所有问题。”但总统实际上要几小时后才启程前往阿拉斯加。凯蒂·扎卡里亚的法律资质因报道称她未通过加州律师考试而受到质疑。
As per reports, she tried to recover from the laughter in the room by calling Trump “the most family-friendly president we’ve ever had.”She then ended the briefing, saying Trump was “heading out to Marine One for our historic trip to Alaska, and we can ask him all of the questions out there.”The president was not due to leave for Alaska for several hours. Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials under scrutiny after report claims she did not pass California bar examBacklash and questions over her credentialsThe Independent said the briefing left journalists stunned and MAGA insiders unimpressed.
对其资质的反击与质疑。《独立报》称，此次简报让记者们目瞪口呆，MAGA内部人士也不以为然。据该媒体报道，一名前特朗普政府官员称其为“列车失事”。同一人之前曾称她是“一个会在六个月内被解雇的笑话式雇佣”。另据一名现任官员向MS NOW透露，她“一开始就走错了路”，需要“尽快变得更好”。在公开场合，白宫一直支持她。
A former Trump administration official called it “a train wreck,” according to the outlet. The same person had earlier called her a “joke hire” who would likely be “gone in six months.”Separately, a current official told MS NOW she had “got off on the wrong foot” and needed to “get much better, fast." In public, the White House stood by her.
根据CNN的报道，通讯主任Steven Cheung称她“资历独特且机智过人”。The Independent报道说，他还称她的首次亮相“开局非常出色”。随后她的背景成为焦点。特朗普在Truth Social上宣布她任职的帖子称她“是一名律师”，但她未能通过司法考试。她在周四晚上向Sean Hannity承认了这一点。CNN报道称，她近年来多次分享将她称为律师的故事和帖子。
As per CNN, communications director Steven Cheung called her “uniquely qualified and whip smart.”The Independent reported that he also called her debut “a tremendous start.”Then her background came under the spotlight. Trump’s Truth Social post announcing her job called her “an attorney,” but she failed the bar exam. She admitted this to Sean Hannity on Thursday night. CNN reported that she repeatedly shared stories and posts that called her an attorney in recent years.
Sarah Matthews曾在特朗普第一届白宫担任副新闻秘书，她接受了CNN的采访。“她既谎称自己是律师，又在那令人尴尬的首次亮相中表现糟糕，我不得不想象她在西翼的同事们一定非常愤怒，”她说。批评也来自右翼。保守派播客主持人Meghan McCain在X上写道：“当前政府面临的最大问题之一是，美国人面临的每一个问题都很严重，而他们却一直在雇佣一些极不认真的人来代表他们。”
Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy press secretary in the first Trump White House, spoke to CNN. “Between her lying about being an attorney and that humiliating debut, I have to imagine her West Wing colleagues are absolutely livid,” she said. The criticism also came from the right. Conservative podcaster Meghan McCain wrote on X: “One of the biggest problems with the administration right now is every issue facing Americans is serious and all they do is keep hiring deeply unserious people to represent them.”
艰难的福克斯新闻采访及离职Zacharia或许曾希望两次福克斯新闻的采访能帮助她改善形象。但结果却适得其反。根据CNN的报道，周四晚上，作为特朗普的朋友和非正式顾问的Hannity反复向她提出质疑。他称她的首次简报“遭到广泛批评”。她说自己“准备时间非常少”。随着节目的结束，她告诉他：“我会做好充分准备，Sean，我将履行总统特朗普要求我作为新闻秘书所承担的职责。”
Tough Fox News interviews and the exitZacharia may have hoped two Fox News interviews would help her image. Instead, they went the other way. On Thursday night, Hannity, a friend and informal advisor to Trump, repeatedly challenged her, according to CNN. He called her debut briefing “widely panned.”She said she had “very little prep time.”As the segment ended, she told him: “I will be very prepared, Sean, and I will step up to the duty President Trump has asked me to as press secretary.”
周五早上，《福克斯与朋友》节目的联合主持人Ainsley Earhardt表达了同情，并表示，“你只是被临时安排到这个角色上”，据CNN报道。但联合主持人Lawrence Jones说，“这对你来说是一周艰难的时光。”他询问她是否希望自己曾告诉总统她从未通过司法考试。“那些问题根本没被问到，”她回答。
On Friday morning, “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt showed sympathy and said, “You were just thrown into this role,” as per CNN. But co-host Lawrence Jones said, “It’s been a tough week for you.”He asked if she wished she had told the president that she never passed the bar exam.“Those questions weren’t asked,” she replied.
“我被聘为白宫新闻秘书，而不是白宫顾问。”她还指责“传统媒体”，称未具名的媒体想要“把焦点和注意力放在我身上”。当琼斯问：“你认为你仍然拥有总统的信任吗？”她说：“我站在这里。”当天下午，特朗普解雇了她。他语气温和，告诉记者他曾出于对她福祉的担忧，请她“重新考虑”这份工作。“凯蒂，你需要这份工作吗？”他说他曾这样对她说。“我不认为你需要这份工作。”他还说媒体对她“相当刻薄”。扎卡里亚尚未公开就离职发表评论。
“I’m being hired as White House press secretary, not White House counsel.”She also blamed the “legacy media,” saying unnamed outlets wanted to “put the focus and attention on me.”When Jones asked, “Do you think you still have the confidence of the president?” she said, “I’m standing here.”That afternoon, Trump fired her. He spoke gently and told reporters he had asked her to “reconsider” the job out of concern for her well-being. “Katie, do you need this?” he said he told her. “I don’t think you need this.”He also said the media had treated her “pretty nastily.”Zacharia has not yet commented in public on leaving the job.