After just a few days: Trump

After only a few days: Trump spokesperson Zacharia must leave The newly appointed press secretary to US President Donald Trump, Katie Zacharia, has resigned, according to US insiders. She will vacate the position, confirmed a high-ranking government official from dpa, without providing further time details. Zacharia started the job only on Monday. Who would follow her was initially unclear. Trump himself had previously portrayed as if he had suggested Zacharia reconsider her resignation. "I told her: Honestly, if I were you, I would think it over again. Think about it, but I would think it over again," Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. Whether Zacharia would remain in office, he wanted to leave it to her. Several US media outlets reported, however, that he had fired her. The US President had expressed doubts to the press about whether she was suitable for the job. "Maybe it's not for her," he admitted. Zacharia had been very poorly and unfairly treated by the media. He only wanted her to be happy, and she had suffered greatly in the past few days. He would support her decision and wanted to speak with her again soon. A rocky start, even before the first press conference Zacharia was the successor to Karoline Leavitt, who left the position at the end of August. Trump only made the personnel decision public on Sunday. On Monday, which was Columbus Day in the US, she took the job. On Tuesday, she gave her first press conference. From her first appearance before the press, reporters mainly remembered the spokesperson and an unusually quick end after only a few questions. In the announcement, Trump was still full of praise for Zacharia: "I am confident that Katie will achieve strong results for our country as the new press secretary of the White House," he wrote. The personnel decision seemed to come as a surprise, as Zacharia herself described in an interview with the right-wing station Real America's Voice: Trump had called her, and she had left on Thursday to meet him on Friday. On the same day, she accepted the job offer, she said. On Saturday, she then flew back to California to pack her bags and flew back to the US capital on Sunday. "He asked me to be in the office on Monday, and I appeared on Monday," she said. Professional qualifications were questioned Her professional qualifications had caused a debate in recent days and put her under massive pressure herself. The focus was on the fact that the graduate of a US law school had repeatedly used the title of attorney according to US media, even though she had not passed the corresponding admission requirements. She admitted this herself. Comments