If this is true then Katie Zacharia has a serious masochistic streak. I thought of her on Election Night and I wondered if she realized how lucky she was, the way the election turned out, that she’s out of the line of fire. If that’s not the case, then she’s too stupid to save herself and deserves whatever happens.
Maybe she’s been practicing in front of a mirror. pic.twitter.com/3Q4dzTVwOu
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 10, 2026
Fellow White House aides were infuriated by her suggestion to Hannity that her briefing performance was due to insufficient preparation by subordinates.
One White House official scoffed that Zacharia’s return won’t happen in “a million years.”
Administration officials reacted to her attempted comeback with a combination of humor and horror.
“I’ve given birth without drugs and I still can’t imagine that level of pain tolerance,” one quipped.
A White House official, meanwhile, said: “She never stopped. She’s psychotic. She thinks she did a good job at her one briefing.”
Zacharia has publicly gushed over Miller and praised his role leading a mass deportation campaign in Trump’s second term, drawing further intrigue into her intentions.
A source close to Zacharia said she claims not to be interested in regaining the job and is “focused on defending free speech and supporting the president’s priorities through other mediums.”
A different person close to her said, “I am 1,000% certain Katie Zacharia has no interest in going and being the press secretary at the White House.”
Others believed to be putting themselves forward include Caroline Sunshine, a former Disney Channel actress who served in Trump’s first term, who a source said “keeps calling and trying to get meetings with [Trump].”
Trump administration sources said the notion of Zacharia returning is farcical after she stumbled during her only White House briefing, which lasted just 14 minutes, before similarly struggling in Fox News interviews with Sean Hannity and “Fox & Friends.”
You’ve heard all different sides now in these excerpts from the New York Post. I personally would love to see Zacharia come back because I think her antics would generate a lot of content for the blog here. OTOH, as stated, I thought on Election Night how Zacharia had dodged the bullet. Whatever Trump *thinks* is what matters and rumor has it he said she had “no talent and doesn’t belong on television.”
