Katie Zacharia Denies Seeking Trump White House Spokesperson Job Again

Zacharia seeks return

Katie Zacharia resigned as Donald Trump’s White House spokesperson after a five day tenure, and DIE WELT said she allegedly has reapplied for the role and was seen at Mar-a-Lago.

Zacharia began her “dream job” on October 12 and “Just five days later, on October 16, the dream was over,” with DIE WELT adding that she “tangled herself in inconsistencies in her résumé.” Zacharia denied reports that she was angling for her job back, and Zacharia wrote on X, “I’m not auditioning for the role.” Zacharia posted that claims she was trying to get her old job back were “utterly fake,” and Zacharia wrote, “Claims that I’m trying to get my old job back as President Trump’s White House Press Secretary are utterly fake.”

Reporting for this sectionDIE WELTTheWrap

Trump jokes about Dana

Trump appeared with Dana White at a joint press conference, and DIE WELT said Trump asked, “Would you like to become the spokesperson for the United States of America?”

Dana White declined, and DIE WELT quoted White thanking Trump for the offer and saying, “No, no. I don’t want to go into politics.”

Trump had earlier called the idea with White “a joke,” and TheWrap quoted Trump clarifying in the briefing room that he told the press corps, “I said it to a group of the press, and that was it.”

Trump posted the offer on his own social media account and continued, “I was sort of kidding. And then they wrote the stories as if I wasn’t kidding.”

Reporting for this sectionDIE WELTTheWrap

Vacancy, denials, and pressure

The New York Post said the press secretary role remained vacant in the three weeks since Zacharia’s ousting, and the outlet described advisers believing she was “angling for a second chance at the podium.”

A source quoted by The New York Post said, “She will never go back. [Trump] thinks she’s a joke. She has zero chance of that,” while a White House official told the outlet, “She never stopped. She’s psychotic.”

Zacharia told TheWrap she was not trying to convince new chief of staff Stephen Miller to reinstate her, and Zacharia wrote on X, “I’m not auditioning for the role.”

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung teased Nicki Minaj as a possible press secretary ahead of the midterm elections, and Cheung wrote on X, “I think we may have found the new White House Press Secretary.”

Reporting for this sectionNew York PostTheWrap