Katie Zacharia has been appointed White Home press secretary, President Donald Trump introduced Friday afternoon.
“She has an unblemished report of help, and has been a loyal and good supporter, proper from the start. She is, likewise, a loyal fan and member of MAGA!” Trump mentioned in a put up on his social media platform.
Later Friday throughout a press gaggle on the South Garden as he was departing for a marketing campaign rally in New York, Trump mentioned, “she’s going to be, I feel, terrific.”
Katie Zacharia attends the Nashville premiere of ‘David’ on December 14, 2025 in Franklin, Tennessee.
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“She’s a buddy of most of you. I do know she likes individuals. She likes all of you. Really, I do not know if that is good or dangerous,” Trump mentioned.
In a put up on X, Zacharia referred to as the appointment “the respect of a lifetime.”
“The work forward is to proceed delivering robust outcomes for our Nation and speaking to the American individuals the key wins that this Administration is making each single day. I look ahead to working with the White Home press corps, and with reporters throughout the nation, to get that report out,” she mentioned.
The place has been open since August, when Karoline Leavitt left after the delivery of her second youngster in Might. Trump didn’t say when Zacharia will formally begin.
Trump mentioned that Zacharia at the moment serves because the senior communications adviser for Trump Media & Expertise Group, the corporate that owns and runs the president’s social media platform Reality Social. In line with her LinkedIn profile, she’s held that place since June.
She labored briefly within the Division of Homeland Safety’s public affairs workplace as a deputy assistant secretary for 2 months and later as DHS spokesperson after Tricia McLaughlin’s departure, working underneath Lauren Bis, now the senior deputy White Home press secretary.
Trump mentioned Zacharia assisted in his campaigns in key swing states earlier than becoming a member of the administration.
Zacharia has additionally served as basic counsel of the conservative political advocacy group Repair California, a 501(c)(4) based by Trump ally Ric Grenell, since 2024, in response to her LinkedIn bio.
Trump mentioned that Zacharia additionally frolicked as a political commentator for Fox Information and Newsmax. Her LinkedIn bio says she has additionally been featured on CNN and One America Information Community as a commentator.
Zacharia obtained her bachelor’s diploma in political science from Pepperdine College and her legislation diploma from Pepperdine’s Caruso Faculty of Legislation and lived in China for a number of years, the place she labored for a agency centered on U.S.-China relations, in response to her LinkedIn profile.
“I’m assured that Katie will ship robust outcomes for our Nation as the subsequent White Home Press Secretary, as she has the respect of, and can work fantastically with, the Media, the American Individuals, and my Administration,” Trump wrote.
