Katie Zacharia tapped to be Trump’s next White House press secretary

The White House has picked Republican commentator Katie Zacharia to be President Donald Trump‘s next press secretary.

“It is my Great Honor to have just appointed, as Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “She was previously involved in my Campaigns, assisting in key Swing States, where we won 7 out of 7. She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning. She is, likewise, a devoted fan and member of MAGA!”

Trump added that he is “confident” that Zacharia “will deliver strong results for our Country as the next White House Press Secretary, as she has the respect of, and will work fantastically with, the Media, the American People, and my Administration.”

Zacharia will join the White House from Truth Social, Trump’s social media company, where she is a senior communications adviser. She will replace Karoline Leavitt, who departed the administration in August to spend more time with her family but remains an outside adviser to Trump and a Fox News commentator.

Zacharia’s appointment, reported by the New York Times and confirmed by the Washington Examiner, is notable in that the White House tapped someone from outside the administration’s communications shop at a time when Trump has complained about his messaging in the run-up to the midterm elections.

“I’m very proud [of] the job we’ve done,” the president said last week during the White House’s Hispanic Heritage Month event. “But I’ve done a very bad job of explaining.”

“The only thing we don’t have is good public relations,” he continued hours later. “We don’t seem to be able to get the word across.”

In response, White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told the Washington Examiner that “Trump is the best messenger, unequivocal leader, and unmatched motivator for the Republican Party.”

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Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer previewed the pressures of the position less than a month before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

“It’s both a messaging and policy problem,” Spicer told the Washington Examiner. “Need to accentuate the good more and play down the bad.”