President Donald Trump has chosen conservative commentator Katie Zacharia as the next White House press secretary. Zacharia, who currently works for Trump Media & Technology Group, will become the president’s sixth chief spokesperson in his two administrations. He previously had a brief stint as spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a social media post on Friday, Trump called Zacharia “loyal” and “a devoted MAGA fan and member,” referring to its Make America Great Again movement, adding that “she has an unblemished record of support.” Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who left the White House in August, has reportedly accepted a job at Fox News. helping in key states, where we won 7 out of 7,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I am confident that Katie will deliver strong results for our country as the next White House press secretary, as she has the respect of the media, the American people, and my administration, and will work fantastically with them.” Zacharia thanked her in a post on to America that we can be great again, and he works toward that greatness every day.” She said she looks forward to “working with the White House press corps and with journalists across the country to publish that record.” The 42-year-old political strategist is a frequent figure on the conservative Newsmax and Fox News, and has been active in Republican politics for most of her adult life, having worked as an intern for the Republican National Committee and for the White House Office of Political Affairs during the Bush administration in 2006. Since June, she has been a senior communications adviser for Trump’s media company and the Truth Social platform, according to her LinkedIn profile. She worked in Homeland Security from February to March of this year (which she later said she left due to the strain of travel between California and Washington for her family), she has long been a fierce defender of President Trump and his administration’s policies. dismissed criticism of Trump’s controversial use of the White House to host a televised UFC fight, saying the UFC’s principles “are the kind of principles that founded our Republic Constitution.” “It’s about not giving up the fight until the end,” he said. “I think there’s no better summary of the American spirit than a good UFC fight.” Zacharia, an attorney trained at Pepperdine University in California, also served as general counsel for Fix California, a conservative nonprofit started by Trump ally and current special presidential envoy for special missions, Ric Grenell. In 2011, she spent almost two years as an employee at a law firm in Beijing, China.
