Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia delivers her first press briefing from the Brady Room today at approximately 9:45am. Livestream Links Below:
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A little nervous but she’ll becfine
I remember Karoline was pretty nervous her first time at the podium too. Who wouldn’t be?!?
Karoline was a phenomena and was always going to be an extremely hard person to follow.
There’s only one “First Day”.
Ughhh… she looks fantastic, but she isn’t yet a good fluid narrator – fairly rough. I surely hope she becomes smoother and able to really think on her feet with these attack dog criminal leftists coming at her for the foreseeable future.
I’ll give her some slack. I don’t recall her background, but I believe Karoline was a candidate for elected office before she was asked to be press secretary, so Karoline is/was definitely used to an unfriendly media mob; Katie may need a bit more time, but she’ll be fine.
Karoline was a fireball when she ran for office. She was awesome.
We need lots of fireballs – and we need to hurl them indiscriminately! This Uniparty needs to go down!
Podium Barbie
boy, she’s pretty
I think today was really more of a “rip the bandaid off” move…. A fluffy nice to meet you….we’ll talk later kinda meeting……
I’ve never seen her before & have no idea if she has the chops.
She has not had the benefit of having served as an asst. PS (understudy) like Leavitt did…….the pressure is hard to imagine…….(though she worked for Kristi Noem as DHS spokesperson 🥴 😝 )
Hasn’t ever served in a press office as far as I can see from her bio…..
So….we trust in Trump….and HAS a TYPE…. must check 3 boxes…..Looks, Loyalty, & (we must assume) BRAINS.
He KNOWS people.
She will have to decide whom she wants to please. The enemedia,which will try to catch her out/trip her up from this day forward…or the man who hired her to stand between them and him then deliver bald faced, unflinching truths.
This may seem to be unkind on my part and I certainly don’t mean it to be, but…
She’s not an actress playing a role here which by her demeanor and appearance I get the uneasy feeling she doesn’t quite grasp how steely she is going to have to be. It’s not her job to be appealing and liked. Katie has entered a vicious lion’s den and has her work cut out for her.
Soft soaped questions such as the one asked of her about how does she balances her work with her personal life are facile. Nobody cares how she does it. Or that she even has to.
She’s signed on to a tough and stressful job, one neither she nor President Trump can afford for to fail at.
Today was her first day in the belly of the merciless media beast which will eat her alive and by extension her boss , or try to, in due course.
An extremely steep and brutal learning curve awaits her.
Yes, I agree Betsy.
Passion, conviction for saving our country isn’t an audition.
I hope she has it.
She’ll have to work hard to earn the confidence that President Trump has placed in her abilities to thrust and parry, sis.
Karoline was always on top of her brief, never having to check her notes as other press secretaries before her had to constantly do.
Hate, HATE the phrase “Time will tell…”
But it will.
“Karoline was always on top of her brief, never having to check her notes as other press secretaries before her had to constantly do.” Having watched all of this President’s press secs, Karoline set a very high bar. As someone else said, her run for office prepped her well for unfriendly media.
I have background in teaching public speaking. She did not present herself as the law school grad she is.
I have heard that law school requires a lot of presentation situations and some even take acting lessons to sharpen their courtroom skills.
Looking at notes is fine, but not at the expense of the presentation; playing with hair is verboten; and she slipped with at least one uptalk which to my mind is an invitation to be mocked. I hope she corrects quickly.
The Guilfoyle situation was already too much chaos at this time; we don’t need drama in the Press Sec office.
I was not impressed by the new appointee to the press room. Something is missing. Maybe the press will eat her alive and further reveal how horrible they are. We have long since left QZ. Let’s all hope she was feigning weakness and will suddenly become the tiger we saw in Karoline.
The job is not really conducive to trainees, is it! For good reason…..
You just judged her on her appearance and don’t think she can handle it because she’s attractive. Lets see your photo Betsy, lets all judge your words by how you appear. What a ridiculous, asinine statement you just made. You don’t know the first thing about her, but because she’s attractive you think you know better than the President that just hired her. The absolute GALL of people like you never seems to amaze me. You are so full of yourself that you don’t see just how ignorant of a statement you just made.
BACK UP RON – we don’t do PRETENDING on the Tree House.
Betsy has been an iron clad contributor here with the sensibility most generations lack – for a long time.
You would do well, to take a seat and learn, little man. Because it takes a little man to hurl insults at seasoned pros. Don’t go attacking our Betsy.
We are in the fight of our lives and We The People absolutely are called to discernment on who our warriors and spokespeople will be – and none is above reproach – including President Trump.
These aren’t hills for steppers – and anyone at that podium sets the tone for how our Republic will be approached in the future. The time for theater is over – and it’s time for quantitative and qualitative results.
We are done with horse and pony shows.
Ditto JWoo
Double ditto y’all.
Ron, I could be snarky and suggest you dbl down on your meds today….but I’ll take this as a chance to step up on my soap box re:a trend I’ve been noticing of late……..
Your preemptive attack on Betsy seems to be a much more common “recent” practice among posters here in the TH…… The historical comraderie and INTELLIGENT civil discourse have seemed to suffer possibly bc of the influx of “new” Treepers….which we generally welcome……not sayin thats you….I dont know you….. but I agree with jwoo and would add that Betsy is more than capable of defending her honor ( 😝 ) though is often too polite to bother……
Being an example of the “lost etiquette” I am attempting to lament here…..
Clayton, you are spot on calling this out; I have mentioned this several times over the past several years. SD’s audience on X has grown; that means both good and bad. They then come here from X. They do the same here as they do on X- expose thier ignorance.
Here, I’m a cordial, kind person because I know I can have in-depth conversations with many people. On X, I’m a mean troll prick who calls out BS with rude commentary. Why? Because that’s what bots, morons, retards, and liberal communists deserve.
🍻 I didn’t think it was just me……Thanks for the insight….I don’t do ANY social media so another major blindspot for me….but luckily we have camaraderie here, so I reap the benefits…..
Thanks, Brown Beauty 😉
Exactly. And sometimes that means broken eggs.
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You must have read a different post than I did because Betsy never even mentioned Katie’s physical appearance or attractiveness.
So I’ll wrap up this reply by quoting your own words back to you–” You are so full of yourself that you don’t see just how ignorant of a statement you just made.”
I didn’t get that impression from Betsy at all. My take is the same as hers. Katie will be eaten alive by this group if she isn’t tough enough and fearless enough not be aiming to be Miss Congeniality. She must be determined to speak on behalf of President Trump and not soft pedal the truth.
I agree that she will need to be tough. However, this was her first press conference and maybe being congenial and starting off on a good note shows she is open to all the press and will treat them equally and with respect – until they give her a reason not to.
Overall she did fine.
Dude.
Pull over.
You sound insane; none of your take on Miss Betsy’s commentary is realistic at all.
Go take your medicine and get yourself a nap.
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Midol Double.
Shaken not stirred.
With a Valium chaser.
Dude needs to chill.
Coming up in here like some rabid drag queen . . .
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Well Ron that blast was undeserved by Betsy who is a well respected member here in the treehouse community. Either you’re doing it on purpose to get people to comment or you really believe what you just said about Betsy is true. Neither stance is good. You might want to rethink what you just wrote.
You seem to have found a very good way to have everything you post ignored. Welcome to yacht rocker radio land.
Do try not to be a complete ass, or, rather, an ass whole.
No mention of personal appearance was stated, only demeanor.
Again, don’t be an ass whole. (What’s another word for thesaurus?)
Rudeness is a weak man’s imitation of strength
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is wrong with you? Making stuff up and attacking pillars of our TCTH community very quickly eliminates your credibility and engenders the ire of objective and reasonable commenters here.
After you suffer the appropriately lengthy and brutal gauntlet of written beat downs, I hope you receive no bandwidth-wasting replies to any of your future comments.
Day What? !
Ron…
You have overstepped the mark in your reply to Betsy.
She has EARNED her branch in the upper regions of our Treehouse by giving us a continuous wealth of intelligent and reasoned comments over the years. She deserves the courtesy of being able to disagree with someone without being personally attacked.
Meanwhile, you have accused her of having said things she didn’t say or even imply. None of us take kindly to this kind of behavior. It’s not the way things are done at the Treehouse.
Consider yourself blocked…
Thank you.
Dearest Ad rem, brothers, and sisters….
I cannot begin to express how very much I appreciate your intuitive understanding of my comment, your supportive defense, and loving, generous spirits. All of you are very precious to me….I am so grateful for your friendship. Blessings to each one of you whom I am honoured to call deeply treasured friends. B💕
You are one of the reasons many of us spend so much time here, never, in my short time, have you ever said anything that didn’t add value. I’m grateful treehouse family show respect for each other.
Betsy you help support that.
I’ve learned much from you and you restore faith in people.
Thank you.✝️🫂❤️🇺🇸
You did not deserve a hit like that Betsy j.
I look forward to your comments, you are always thoughtful and polite.
So glad Ad rem blocked this jerk.
I have to put my two cents in on this one.
Everyone on the Treehouse loves you Betsy, except Ron.
Not a bad batting average my friend.
Keep up the good work.
As usual I’ll be waiting for your next comment.
It is said that we are judged by our friends, but it is ever truer that we are also judged by our enemies.
Betsy Jones comes out with an A+ in both categories.
You’re worth rallying around, dear Bets. ❤️
Trolls are trolling. Wonder if they get points on prickdom?
Congratulations Betsy, you got targeted by a troll.
You must be doing something right 🙂
You’re total class, Betsy. I always relish your comments.
God bless you Miss Betsy! You are a treasure in the Treehouse Community!
Thank you Ad rem.
Thank you, Ad Rem.
The trolls have got to wear you out.
That’s why there are four of us! 😘
Kudos to the moderating team for handling a role that rarely gets the recognition it deserves
Good grief Ron.
There’s a lot of people in the Treehouse Community that have made comments you could justifiably attack-including me.
There are lots of us whose character you could attack-including me.
But you chose to attack Betsy Jones???
May God have mercy on your soul.
Calm down, Ron. It’ll be ok.
I’m for giving her time to get up to speed BUT she has a touch of uptalk and valley-speak both grate on me and I find it difficult to hear her words.
I do hope she does well 😀
Imagine how we feel
here in Arizona with our Governor Katie Hobbs who sounds exactly like an up talking Valley Girl all the time!
I’m so sorry!
Betsy,
I suspect she will be on a short leash for a while, so she may not have the autonomy to ad lib much outside of the prepared talking points….47 will be casting a LARGE SHADOW with little tolerance for having to deal with distracting brush fires before the mid-terms….she’s expected to keep her hands on the wheel and stay awake….NOT improve lap times.
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You said it well.
I wonder if her remarks were handed to her too late for her to study up, or if she wrote them herself. As a law school grad, I would think she would have known her own notes without having to reference them so much.
If they were handed to her just before the briefing, is she being sabotaged?
You need to check your news sources. Katie has been a great commentator on several outlets.
I have my sources that Ive curated over MANY YEARS and crises…..& she is not on my any of them….
& you have mistaken me for somebody that takes advice from strangers……
I know better than ANYBODY what I NEED……
Trump’s lack of proper sentence structure frequently causes misunderstandings.
Have you ever been a press secretary in any capacity having to stand in front of a bunch of wild hyenas just looking for something to bite you with?
So I ask why was Katie asked to be the Press Secretary at this time. The timing is if nothing else very interesting.
I know no one else here is as crazy as me. I am a believer in Q, a military operation, that employed Trump to expose all the world wide corruption of the globalists who have infiltrated governments around the world which are the financialists of the City of London banking cartel, which also ran most of the Intelligence Agencies at the top to do their dastardly deeds.
I do not condone the most outrageous theories of Q. Like JFK Jr is alive, or everyone is ‘ central casting ‘ actors. I do believe Trump was drafted by a group of Patriot current and former military, Intel and law enforcement group of 200-300, who are Trump’s true advisors. They thoroughly back ground checked Trump and why NONE of the allegations have stuck.
I believe we are in the end game why Tulsi, Ratcliffe and Hegseth were given their positions to clean out their domains, as much as possible. Why Trump in July had his talk on elections. Why Zacharia now? Read the article I post.
I believe Trump is about to have an Emergency Declaration of Incapacitated Government and activate the Insurrection ACT and arrest most of Congress and many judges. Military tribunals for the traitors and seditionists. But why Zachariah now?
The thought is the MSM will not be able to talk about her past, as in the article. That forces the Q posts and allegations of corruption into the main stream media, and public 3 weeks out of the election. What perfect timing. Maybe it’s hopium. We will know shortly
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/katie-zacharia-conspiracy-theory-trump-press-secretary-bananas-b3066027.html
Belief in Q or not, there was no reason to attack Betsy like you did with completely false accusations. An apology might be a good thing.
Not the same account, Cjzak.
The asshat who railed on Miss Betsy goes by “Ron”.
You are replying to “Ron McBride”.
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47FuzzySweaters
BLESSINGS!
Thank You for making it clear. That other poster was WAY OUT of line!!
We’re BLESSED with Ad rem’s block!
Not the same Ron.
I said nothing about Betsy
I don’t know how long you’ve been visiting the Treehouse, but even Sundance has discredited Q. 🤷♀️
Is it possible to not agree with Sundance on everything and still find some value on the TH? I try to stay away from any echo chambers no matter what side they are on.
Even the right has its woke cancel culture types. I am a free thinker. I find value in much of Sundance, and even the comments from time to time.
I know this. Just like Patrick Byrne. Doesn’t mean I agree with all he says. Is that not allowed?
Yes Sundance says has no belief in Q – he would gain nothing from saying he did. Yet on occasion, he has linked to Q adherents on his Twitter feed. And Sundance has said words that, to ‘Anons’, seem to mean ‘Trump is playing 4D chess’. IYKYN.
Interesting.
LOL: From CNN
New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts!
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/politics/kfile-katie-zacharia-deleted-tweets
They forgot the ever present accusation of “election denier?”
MSM doesn’t understand those allegations are badges of honor and trust.
They are totally unaware that their brand is tanking. It is so fun to watch. CNN will be the next to go, deservedly so.
The sooner the better.
They’d have to understand the meaning of those words and embody them in their characters.
Which they do not.
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Like Jay Freely running for the house here in Arizona, endorsed by our President…….One attack ad in particular claims he was actually a supporter of PDJT, in a scowl…
Like that’s a bad thing?….these people are pathetic….
I know, right!!!
Lol, we in AZ say “yes That’s a great ad”
Thank you Dumocrats.
😂😂😂
Exactly! When i hear that, i go “oh good, so she’s legitimate!”
They just couldn’t wait to label her, do whatever they could to get ahead of the story and set precedents (on who she is) from here on out.
I’m sorry but you lost me at “From CNN”.
You missed the LOL
If she spent more than 15 minutes investigating those conspiracies, then that’s 15 minutes more than cnn spent.
Conspiracy theory:
Logical argument supported by verifiable facts and empirical evidence
Liberals don’t understand “logical argument “ or “verifiable facts” or “empirical evidence”.
They like inexplicable empathy and whatnot.
Which often turns out to be true.
“conspiracy-laced social media posts!”
AKA the truth.
Flailing about desperately searching for some relevancy and news footing after the President banished them from the WH and won’t address them. They have nothing to report unless it’s related to attacking Trump and his administration, friends and his family. CNN is fading out right before our eyes.
They were conspiracy theories-until they became factually true one by one! It’s merit when posted by conspiracy network news.
By her 3rd time at the podium, she’ll be fine
She’s not worried. I’m telling you, she was put in place for them to attack her about her past statements and postings. About Q, Hollywood and political PEDOS. It’s a trap.
Once they start attacking her and writing about it, this will open the floodgates of these topics to become everyday conversations. Then the truth bombs get deployed, while everyone is paying attention. No where to run.
She is a true believer. She is purposely being put front and center, knowing they will attack her. That is the plan and purpose. Now is the time, 3 weeks out from the midterms.
Why did Assange appear on X and say I’m back!. I believe October Surprises. It seems unthinkable. We will know shortly.
Funny how the democraps keep saying all of our “conspiracies” have been “debunked.”
That is the only way they know how to deal with the real accusations we have against them; call them conspiracies and claim they’ve been debunked.
What? A press secretary who isn’t a Marxist black lesbian?! Oh, the inhumanity!
Hopefully, we’ll never see that again.
Except in the hoozgow.
Or maybe in a JP Morgan TV ad with her partner and an emasculated loan officer.
If a DemonRat wins the White House in 2028, we will probably see an illegal, IslamoMarxist, black, transgender, satanic worshipping liberal as press secretary!
Sssooooo????
VOTE RED!!
Or president.
Hahaha….Biden had 3 DIFFERENT boxes to check than DJT…….🙀😝
The late night comics are going to eat her alive if this is how she always is.
Caitlin Upton and the map question/answer comes to mind.
Thanks for your concern Ted.
My guess Ted, is that you would need a doubled up pair of depends to walk out there in front of that monster called the press corps.
Give her a little time and she’ll work it out (like you did with those depends.)
Armchair quarterbacks fumble and get intercepted too.
Ouch…..😄
Oh, doubled-up pairs of DEPENDS are TIGHT, in both senses! 🙂 😉
I guarantee, she will adapt before three tries.
Trump did not pick an incompetent speaker. I trust his judgement.
And which one have they not? I’ll wait.
I’m really worried about people who think the opinions of late-night comics are valuable information in their lives.
You are not alone in that thought. It is scary to encounter them. My sister and her husband are part of that group.
Exactly!!
We must accept things as they are, not how we want them to be.
Buck up Teddy.
Yacht Rocker – is this you?
Sounds (and smells) like him.
I was wondering that too. Phrasing and attitude are much the same.
Yacht Rocker has left the room…..
Thank you again!
geez, new arrivals are sliding off like raindrops off a greased windshield
That the late night tv crew is nothing but a dem / DS mouthpiece which should be ignored? That truth?
I agree with you….. caveat being that by bringing that up, you’ve alerted me to a YUGE blindspot that I have…… in that I HAVE NO TV…….. not for a decade and thus those clowns and their veiwers/followers) are NEVER part of my calculus re: ANYTHING of consequence….
Probably like many here….I curate my information sources to rely on like minded (sane) purveyors……
and vetting their veracity ALONE, takes ALL of the time I care to alott on current topical interests. 😅
AFTER MANY MANY DECADES I have come to the realization that I have very limited fv€ks to give….. & NONE go to The Left.
There are no viewers of consequence, and very few viewers overall.
Late night comics = no influence on the people who matter in the culture.
Haha….Thanks…the occasional clips that filter through to my cave are so cringy I rarely make it past 15-20 secs….
But the day after their shows, channels like Newsmax, Fox, CNN and all the others broadcast clips from the shows with the most controversial parts getting airtime throughout the day. This happens over and over again to the point many start believing it.
They’ll have us thinking this new gal is a lightweight, airhead and not ready for primetime. Sean Spicer had to be removed because he wasn’t being taken seriously and Sarah Sanders, if not for her snappy comebacks, would have been toast.
Trump should have chosen Monica Crowley or maybe Liz Harrington for this position.
Trump pretty much has his “pick of the litter”…… You think she’s there by accident or chance ?
She will learn and get used to it. I’m sure she will go and walk herself through how the day went.
I haven’t watched any of those “late night comic” morons since Leno retired. Why should I care what any of these clueless, talentless fools think or say?
Because they are “influencers” and the mundanes soak up their spew and believe it as truth.
No one watches them except leftist sub-90 IQ zombies. My condolences if you have family that fits the bill.
Wasn’t it Teddy Roosevelt who did the “Man in the Arena” speech? you might want to re-read that one when you get time Ted.
Does anyone watch or care about late night or Any TV nowadays?
Only leftists. I also think it’s subversive elements that want anyone to believe otherwise.
The ‘greatest communicator of modern times’, the light-bringer, gives an example of how to speak clearly.
She’s got 4 kids. Media ain’t got nothing on her ability to handle child like questions. Go Katie! 🙏🏽
Didn’t see your post so I double-posted.
Just want to say regarding it that “great minds think alike.”
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She made news – Kimberly Guilfoyle has been asked to resign and is out. So we learned there is truth in at least some of the allegations.
I expect true America First officials to be held to the highest standards. Grifters not welcome.
who didnt know guilfoyl was a grifter when she was appointed?
Someone has to pay for those lip enhancements.
Ooops….my refesh hasn’t been updating this page fast enough….missed this.
Unfortunate & awkward……😐 I wonder if the cringy AMEX bill allegation is legit….& if it might have been for lip filler…….and mascara…..
That’s not mascara. It’s tar.
Signed: proud Tarheel
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Agreed. When reading about the allegations, I wondered how many government officials through the decades have done the same things and got away with them.
Plenty. Pay to play is their game, I will pat your back, you pat mine.
Nope, we don’t know that at all.
What we do know is that the administration has cut bait.
At the very least, they decided that she wasn’t worth the media feeding frenzy at this point in time.
Still, what a stupid way to ruin a career and a reputation. And that’ll be it for her. If she’d played it straight she very likely could have found a very wealthy Greek business man to spend time with.
Kimberly never really had a “career” at all.
And she ruined her reputation the minute she took up with Gavin Newscum.
She’s a bit on the elderly side to be snagging a wealthy Greek businessman, wouldn’t you say?
Between the wrinkles and the botox she looks like a worn out handbag.
She needs to retire, maybe do some charity work and spend time with her grandchildren.
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She started off as a deputy DA in San Fran – receiving a level of media attention prosecuting that horrible dog mauling case; came to Newsom’s attention, eventually became a co-host of ‘The Five’ on Fox, where she came to the attention of the Trumps. So, yes – she started off doing pretty well as a DA and was able to ladder into media and from there into politics. So I’d say she did pretty well for herself. Why she thought she had to grift the $100K Am Ex payment was a really stupid, career and reputation killing move.
Well.
Then, I stand corrected.
Never knew she was a deputy DA and didn’t know she was on The Five – I don’t watch teevee at all and haven’t for maybe 20 years.
The only thing I ever heard about her was she was hooked up with Gavin and then Don Jr.
Honestly, I thought she was just a groupie for rich men.
And I figured President Trump was being nice to her by giving her a prestigious job and being helpful to Don Jr and his new wife by getting Kimberly the hell out of Dodge for a while after the breakup.
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Many, many people connected to this administration & even PDJT himself have been publicly crucified/smeared without evidence.
Maybe she ruined her career & maybe she didn’t. Eventually the truth will come to light.
As for snagging a wealthy Greek businessman… all that I have to offer is 🙄.
Hmmmm….what other HISTORICAL figure do we know that “snagged” a wealth Greek businessman…..🤔😉😨
Katie said she has four children so she will have the skills to be able to wrangle the press, lol.
I like her and pray for her.
Democrats mock her at their own peril.
DemonRats mock everything that is good and wholesome and smart and beautiful. That’s who they are!
Not a good first impression.
Not at all.
She does not present a serious wall against the moslem and female-driven socialist/communist agenda, and the presentation is out of the Dole/Bush/McCain UniParty lukewarm stance on policy.
If she were a dog handler she’d have been bitten in the first 10 seconds; the press is no different except in timing. And that voice is closer to a middle-school cheerleader than a spokesman.
The administration is making a pivot into the middle-game of a complex strategy to solve very difficult problems, AND the mid-terms are riiiight over there…Is that a good portrayal of the winning and mostly hidden successes of the Trump administration?
We need stomper in the mold of Hegseth, or Jennings. And we get this. Dammit.
So, take some damnitall and don’t watch.
I get your point, but that was like watching a favorite sports team blow it in the last minutes.
When you follow the best this is to be expected.
McEnany was similar especially at first.
She’ll be fine.
I watched Nick Saben lead the Tide for years. Then, Kalen DeBoer takes over and the knives come out! Given time, he’s doing pretty well. But Saben didn’t do so hot at first either. There’s a lesson in that.
As you said, we got used to seeing the best when watching McEnany. Probably not ever going to see another close to being that good ever again, at least not in my lifetime.
I’m willing to give Zacharia a chance and that includes giving her some time to get used to the job. I had to do it. Why should we expect anything less of her?
McEnany was okay.
Karolyn was the best I’ve watched in years…
OOPS! Brain fog on my part. You are correct. I was thinking of Leavitt when I posted. Not that McEnanny was bad by any means, but Leavitt was the best I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen many over the past 65+ years.
Alabama should not have been in the playoffs last season with three losses.
Dan the Man.
So positive and confident in your assessment. You have a time machine and can see into the future ?
Your Apology expected in 2 weeks if this young lady survives the onslaught.
And yours if she doesn’t.
It doesn’t take a time machine to feel a shoe that doesn’t fit.
All of your analogies are wrong.
Time to gird your loins, Dan…
I’m thinking the loins are a bit lacking.
Dan, your first impression has merit, I thought she brought too much sexual energy via her appearance into that room filled with vipers! I look forward to an appearance where her hair is not so flowing and her teeth are exposed as if to say “get ready for the bite,” meaning she knows full well there are vipers just a few feet in front of the podium. If she doesn’t come to realize this and act accordingly, the hook will appear to take her off center stage in that press room.
The joke may be that she is the warrior, will stand her ground and “take no prisoners” in her efforts to accurately represent the White House. I am going to place my chips on her side for success!
How intensely stupid do you have to be to have a problem with a woman’s hair? Really some of you people take it to whole new levels. She has long hair, R.J. is very offended. What a ridiculous, absolute brain-dead thing to say. Yet you keep talking.
My dear Ron, I was not offended–nowhere did I use the word “offended” that is your interpretation. Further, I may be brain dead, yet my post concludes wishing her–and believing she will be successful.
I take your totally “emotional” response to my post, triggered something within you. “Intensely stupid” is another slur you provided in characterizing me. Perhaps you might wish to explore the visual signs of sexual energy people find attractive. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is one place to begin.
If you are a reader, might I suggest this: Stuart Ewen’s All Consuming Images, ISBN 0-465-00101-7, 1988.
Uh….she was DHS spokesperson under Kristi Noem ….and HER hair thing was as cringy and lacking of self awareness as was talking about blasting her dog at the dump……
….that being said….it could be the Prez’s personal preference….I mean if you look at the women in his orbit…..
Agree with RJ – th hair has to go. Why? Because it takes too much darn time every day to make that much of a mop presentable for TV. She has undertaken a 24 hour camera ready job. . I would rather she uses her time doing research and be ready for the fray.
You guys are so obvious haha
Have you ever been a press secretary in any capacity having to stand in front of a bunch of wild hyenas just looking for something to bite you with?
This was truly embarrassing.
It was like an SNL skit.
You wish…we see you and who you’re rooting for and against.
I don’t wish. I saw it.
The question is – will she last longer than Scaramucci?
Yacht Rocker is a troll. Ignore.
*NOTED*
Thank you.
Just this morning Yuck Rucker was over on the Presidential Topic insinuating that President Trump was a Homer.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/13/october-13th-2026-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-632/comment-page-1/#comment-12854480
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This, from a nutter who supported the mentally challenged black lesbian?
The SS Minnow hit a Rock-er
Go away troll.
Saturday Night Live is your standard, huh?
Not much more to say about you, one who choses to portray themself as a pervert.
Parroting the Jen Psaki twitter comment, I see.
https://x.com/jrpsaki/status/2110009294531813817
So original.
Jen Psucki is a fine one to talk.
How many times did we watch her standing up there swooning over 0zero flicking her tongue like a snake . . . and lying like a rug.
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Or that stupid “circle back”….reply to every question that didn’t have some word salad reply! Ugh!!
Part of the 4 AM talking points, for sure.
One beer for breakfast again, I see! 😉
Well…Karolyn is a very hard act to follow.
she should say this has become a joke, and that she is there just to placate the media in this irrelevant joke of what a informing the public use to be
Hahaha….go on offense right outta the gate…..I like it!
Qualify with :
“It will be hard to match my predecessor, but I’m EASILY GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE LIKES OF YOU….”
……”Any questions?” ……Then bi!tch slap them.
I wish her well and I am sure she is nervous, but I have to admit that I am concerned that she doesn’t seem to be able to say anything without looking down and consulting her notes…she needs to figure out how to look directly at the audience and respond confidently to their questions, only relying on her notes when needing to verify a specific fact or to make sure that she is quoting a number accurately.
Sorry to be critical, but she did not make a good first impression. I hope that she gets some coaching ASAP to learn how to “own” the room, rather than the opposite, which is what happened today…
helen keller could do this job. us getting excited at an insignificant zinger from the podium to these clowns that could care less is not worth it
Kayleigh McEnany was like this as well.
Referred to her book of notes quite a bit.
I was a member of Toastmasters for many years.
I would purposely put myself in front of large groups of people I did not know and give speeches I’d written; a situation that many have said they’d rather die than do.
Toastmasters teaches you how to do different things when speaking, like how to move while speaking, how to use your hands (and not use your hands), how to share yourself with your audience, how to not say ums and ahs or other fill-in junk, and Toastmasters gives assignments on particular topics and requires you to use techniques that you may one day need in everyday life. One of those techniques is to give a speech while reading it from the paperwork in front of you.
I wrote, memorized and gave a lot of speeches. But one of the hardest speeches I gave was the speech that required I read it from a piece of paper in front of me.
I lose my place easily among a sheet full of letters, and having to look up and make eye contact with individuals in the audience, then down again to read took great effort — for me anyway.
I too wish Katie Zacharia God’s best, which should be easy to do, since the name Zacharia means God remembers.
Toastmasters is a wonderful organization at preparing people to be able to step into any position with confidence!
Did George Jessel run that organization? 😀
Best post grad education I have ever undertaken : running the course work for Toastmasters. Dreaded and hated every assignment, but its was the best thing I ever did for and to myself. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes, everyone can benefit from Toastmastes, which can also maker or breaks a career more than anyone skill – oral presentation, be one to easily raise your hand and speak effectively. Bravo to all who under took the string of Toastmaster guided tasks.
Your concern with (her reading notes) is noted. Was there anything substantive about her performance you didn’t like, or did you just not like that she knows how to read?
Yes, as I commented earlier, it was a “performance” of reading talking points with no obvious grasp of the material at hand. Perhaps she is brilliant and well versed in the subjects that were being addressed but she did NOT come across as either confident or competent.
Please watch the video that was posted of Karolyn Levitt’s first day. Can you honestly tell me that you don’t notice a significant difference in the presentation of the two women?
Someone may be a true conservative, a strong supporter of President Trump, and on the right side of every issue that matters and still not be a good speaker, able to defend their position to a hostile audience! There are many positions available in the Administration for such a person but that does not mean that everyone who wants a microphone should be handed one!
Have you ever been a press secretary in any capacity having to stand in front of a bunch of wild hyenas just looking for something to bite you with?
IMO, should have hired a college age white male. They never get a chance.
should just set a Fake News sign on the podium at the opening every time and walk out
Definitely agree – would be great to see an energetic, sassy young guy in the ‘mold’ of Stephen Miller.
The fellow at CNN – the lone conservative (rational) seemed to have been a good choice.
My career was in the public forum/arena and I know the characteristics of a good speaker. This was a wooden, insecure performance. She seemed very uncomfortable and got out of there asap. I think releasing Stephen Miller for the interim before the mid terms would have made more sense.
Both of my kids did competitive speech and debate in high school and it taught them so much! Being able to “read” a script is very different from being able to give a good speech!
I agree that someone like a Stephen Miller would have been a much better choice! Hoping this was just “first day” nerves, but she’s going to need to step up and do some major work in a short period of time, in my opinion. Frankly, if DJT really, really wanted a blonde, he would have been much better off picking Natalie Winters of War Room fame…
Oh, I hadn’t thought about Natalie Winters as a press secretary until you mentioned it, vikingmom. I concur–she would have been a good pick!
Reading her statements comes across as the difference between knowing what’s going on, and reciting prepared material.
I hope that it’s temporary due to nerves.
I agree – I believe her history is as a news “reporter” which, these days, often consists of looking straight into the camera and either reading words on a teleprompter or repeating questions that are being fed into your earpiece. The fact that she could not answer a single question without having to look down and read her notes indicates that she does not have any actual background in impromptu public speaking, which, IMHO, is a lost art, but nevertheless an important skill!
It’s called, propranolol.
(Yup) Triggers a split second delay in brain function, but it gets one through the very first stages of perfmance anxiety.
Hopefully she will get acclimated/comfortable in her new post quickly…Still better than the “circle back” peppermint paddy commie or mop head lesbo in the OBiden administration any day! God Bless her…
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. She has lots of sugar.
Every cloud has a silver lining. I like her silver lining…
Didn’t watch it as the first time at bat doesn’t mean much but I see she went to Pepperdine.
Pepperdine in Malibu, one of the most liberal communities on earth.
I have a relative who got his degree there and came out believing that Obama was the second coming.
Just an observation, maybe she’ll do well.
BS! I got my graduate degree there and I am full MAGA. Don’t generalize due to location. Pepperdine is ranked the 13th most conservative University in the country by College Values Online.
Apparently your degree wasn’t in reading comprehension.
What part of my post is BS?
That Malibu isn’t a liberal community or that my relative didn’t come out liberal?
I’m going to assume that you don’t know my relative.
You made an assumption based on a false premise. So I stand by my BS!
Your post says a lot about your relative (and by extension your family) and their intellectual capacity.
The campus is pretty much removed from Malibu™. They were there first before Malibu a became a hotty brand.
I remember they once had a student demonstration on campus and they were shouting, “From the freeway to the sea, let Malibu be free!” 🙂
Condolences on your liberal relative, but Pepperdine is solidly conservative. Two recent alumni in the family, male and female, and they and their Pepperdine friend groups are solid. Very few green hairs and nose rings at Pepperdine.
Pepperdine is a conservative college among the nuts and berries.
After Karoline, the smartest and best in the business, they really need a “Stephen Miller” type at that podium. I do like the fact that she calls on the reporters, excluding CNN, et al. Anyone would be nervous on their first day, but you got to learn to hide it and take control. Good luck to her.
robot!
anyone could have read that.
You, for example?
its just geting closer to a war feelings, so people are snapping online due to the anonymous of it. no one means any harm truthfully. its just the disgust with whats is going on constantly and getting worse in framing people that think like uss killable legally.
A must read….
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Guest Post By Martel Maxim
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more @
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That was a bit cringe. That Peter Doocy kid would make a great press sec.
Caroline’s 1st Press Conference Jan/25
That was amazing for Karoline’s first time at the podium as a press secretary.
No comparison to Katie’s first time.
she wasnt raped through the media prior to appointment was she.. this other girl has already felt the humiliation prior to her first talk
Tough act to follow the best.
And she was by far the best I’ve ever seen.
Sarah, Kayleigh, Sean were all great.
Notice how well she immediately owns the room – she nods along at the questions, showing full confidence in her ability to answer them. She looks directly at the reporters while she speaks, only glancing down briefly to make sure that she doesn’t miss any points that she wants to make, but then looks right back up as she continues speaking. Her poise and her composure were remarkable for someone so young. She was definitely going to be a hard act to follow but the difference between her, and this new young woman is disturbingly stark!
Perfectly stated. From day 1, Karoline was all about putting media bitches in their place. Sadly, I do not get the same “killer instinct” vibe from Katie at all.
because it doesnt matter. this is the most pointless part of the adminstration and is only for soundbites
Huckabee was good too. She took hits like no tomorrow. That press dinner and the restaurant episode were off the chart cruel.
thx for posting this.
Not sure why so many people here posted that “Karoline was nervous , too, her 1st day”.
None of the 5 previous P.Sec. started out “badly” IIRC. They all hit the stage running.
We’ll see what happens with her.
😳 ….if this IS Day One for her….Wow…. a harbinger of how she would go on to OWN the room…….
I think some posters here have forgotten their first day in a new job.
Second point, this Administration has spoiled us with its range of talented individuals. We’re now used to excellence, so a competent performance in comparison looks worse than it really is.
Final point. Precious stones take time to be polished, let’s give it some before rushing to judge something as flawed.
Bingo! I’m glad my past employers didn’t judge me by my first day on the job. I just made a post comparing Nick Saben with Kalen DeBoer. Hard to follow one of the best. Much is expected as you will be judged by the job THEY did before you. It takes time to get used to how things are done and the people around you.
Give the young lady some time. Those are some VERY big shoes she’s been picked to replace. Almost an impossible task but one that most certainly will require time.
Well said!
Babe Ruth 0 for 2 at the plate in first game.
(clutches pearls harder)
I have read all the comments here and agree with many of them. I would like to point out that Karoline ran her own political campaign for Congress in New Hampshire, and in that process, she gained lots of experience in front of hostile news media. It’s my understanding that Katie has not run for any elected government office. I wish her all the best, and she has the very best mentor, Karoline, from whom (I am sure) Katie is receiving coaching daily.
Trump’s had 5 stellar Press Secretaries.
She’s got a lot to live up to.
Hope she gets there , >>>> soon.
Cuz that was a bit painful.
Miss Katie did a good job, she has potential, and she is very likable.
Dressing like a stewardess on a Love Boat cruise ship was a bit of a distraction.
Great delivery on the Kimberly resignation news.
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Good grief! There’s way too much carping on this thread!
Katie Zacharia is most certainly a talented and intelligent person. If this were not so, President Trump would not have chosen her for this important position.
Yes-she’s nervous. Who wouldn’t be?
I’ve had some experience with public speaking in the past-podunk little experiences compared to what this young lady was experiencing. I always get nervous before speaking, and I’ve been doing it for years in front of small groups of people.
If that was me behind that podium, I would have needed a diaper!
Congratulations to our new Press Secretary for surviving her first briefing. Just for that, she’s a champion in my eyes.
I predict we will marvel at her growth in this position as the weeks and months go by.
May God bless Press Secretary Zacharia as she begins this new chapter in her life.
And one more thing:
Let’s knock it off with the criticism of Katie’s wardrobe.
During the Auto Pen Presidency we had a First Lady who wore dresses that looked like my grandmother’s sofa. THAT was a distraction.
Press Secretary Zacharia’s wardrobe choice was sharp and classy. She deserves praise for that as well.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Compared to Dr Jill, Miss Katie’s outfit today was conservative and tame.
Remember the time Jill dressed up like she was going to a Halloween Party as Stevie Nicks?
A slight departure from her usual upholstery glamor . . .
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Katie on Fox before today
She did better than I would. She’ll do fine, especially once she gets into the groove of brow-beating those commie propagandists.
Get rid of the skanky hair. It is distracting and detracting.
Sounds like a “you” problem.
Hold up there, Hoss.
Miss Katie’s hair isn’t “skanky”.
Her hair looks nice and very feminine.
While long hair has fallen out of fashion for many women these days, only to be replaced by pink and blue haired butch cuts everywhere you look, Miss Katie’s hairdo is a very complementary feature.
She’s actually quite beautiful.
Probably not what you’re used to in your own personal life.
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Outside of those insane Woke Commies long hair is currently very popular with women. Especially 40s and under.
“Probably not what you’re used to in your own personal life.” Ouch!😂
MEEEE – OOWWWWW!!!
Really why would anyone be nervous? You’re dealing with a bunch of ignorant yapping idiots. Roll in like you own the place and you get to squash malcontent cockroaches.
because they have personnell tapping into italy’s 5 eye nsa access point to surf for damaging data to your friends and family
Why would anyone be nervous???
1. She’s representing POTUS, the leader of the most powerful nation on earth.
2. She’s standing in front of a room full of vipers who would relish the opportunity to eviscerate her on Day 1.
3. She knows that millions of people will be watching her live or via streaming. She knows that a sizable number of those people will be ill mannered jerks who want to nitpick her performance-just because they are jerks.
Hopefully that answers your question. Let me know if you need any assistance with any other topics.
That is how this position has been handled by almost everyone else who has stood at this podium since day 1 of this Administration.
I agree, the lack of that ability is in stark contrast to all previous podium speakers.
So I ask why was Katie asked to be the Press Secretary at this time. The timing is if nothing else very interesting.
I know no one else here is as crazy as me. I am a believer in Q, a military operation, that employed Trump to expose all the world wide corruption of the globalists who have infiltrated governments around the world which are the financialists of the City of London banking cartel, which also ran most of the Intelligence Agencies at the top to do their dastardly deeds.
I do not condone the most outrageous theories of Q. Like JFK Jr is alive, or everyone is ‘ central casting ‘ actors. I do believe Trump was drafted by a group of Patriot current and former military, Intel and law enforcement group of 200-300, who are Trump’s true advisors. They thoroughly back ground checked Trump and why NONE of the allegations have stuck.
I believe we are in the end game why Tulsi, Ratcliffe and Hegseth were given their positions to clean out their domains, as much as possible. Why Trump in July had his talk on elections. Why Zacharia now? Read the article I post.
I believe Trump is about to have an Emergency Declaration of Incapacitated Government and activate the Insurrection ACT and arrest most of Congress and many judges. Military tribunals for the traitors and seditionists. But why Zachariah now?
The thought is the MSM will not be able to talk about her past, as in the article. That forces the Q posts and allegations of corruption into the main stream media, and public 3 weeks out of the election. What perfect timing. Maybe it’s hopium. We will know shortly
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/katie-zacharia-conspiracy-theory-trump-press-secretary-bananas-b3066027.html
Q was hopium for me after the Jan6 Capitol incident. Bernie Suarez (AKA “Truth and Art TV”) was my intro to Q, asserting that the “military”, never recognizing Biden as POTUS, would KA-BOOM somehow use force to prevent Biden’s inauguration. * * * Now Bernie Suarez is online under a pseudonym, loudly proclaiming Trump as the “traitor-in-chief” who betrayed us and deserves to h@ng for his “crimes”. * * * Q has aged badly, and Bernie Suarez is proven to be mentally unstable.
Time will tell. I don’t know who Bernie is or care
Look at all the nervous nellies who have given up on her on the first day, because she didn’t shoot anybody, or because her hair looked too good. Get a spine people. She just did something nobody on this board would have the balls to do and yet you’ve already given up on her. She’s going to be great, but I wouldn’t expect most of you to have the discipline to wait for that.
If she were going to be great, wouldn’t she know what is written on the paper significantly better? Even I would not go out so apparently unprepared that she cannot speak the sentence in proper cadence.
Yes, perhaps others will consider this sharp, but she represents the highest office in the land. Even Biden’s last press secretary presented herself better.
Substance over looks.
Are there any traditional Christians (people who believe the Holy Trinity is God) working inside of the major media operations in this country?
It took him awhile to find a beautiful woman!
First day…first opportunity in front of jackals. I, for one, will cut the lady some slack.
She said “her President ” referencing her husband, lol, the irony wasn’t lost on her ether, shes very funny .
Communist journalist are going to be rough goings. Remember that slob April something back a few years ago …
Hope she has what it takes in this most important midterm election.
As most of you know when I post – I like playing the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game with politicians and public servants. Who are they surrounded by? Who influences them in their day to day?
I’ll just leave this here about who Katie’s hubs is – so yes, I agree, this young woman will have to learn to swim and fight off the sharks. I pray she’s up to the task.
For now, she’s not good from reading from a printed script. Her pauses are not natural in public-speaking and her cadence is contrived and hard to watch. Hardly denotes a person of strong convictions.
The time for political theater – is over. I can barely find ONE decent person to vote for in our local elections. They are all frauds and grifters who have done NOTHING for the constituents of Indiana except sell off our cherished farmland in favor of DATA surveillance centers and FLOCK cameras.
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Katie Zacharia’s husband is Tyler Zacharia, a film producer and entertainment executive who has worked on major Hollywood projects such as The Irishman, Silence, and Roofman.
Tyler Zacharia is an entertainment and investment executive with a career in film production and media investment – South China Morning Post
He has served as executive producer on high-profile movies including Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), Countdown (2019), and Roofman (2025) – South China Morning Post
He is also the Chief Operating Officer of 2521 Entertainment, where he oversees operations, finance, and deal-making – South China Morning Post
Before his current role, Tyler worked in private equity for eight years in Beijing and earlier as a research analyst at the National Bureau of Asian Research – South China Morning Post
Marriage and family: Katie and Tyler Zacharia married in May 2011 – BollywoodShaadis
They are the parents of four children — three sons and one daughter — and live in Southern California
BollywoodShaadis
Katie has said that family life is a top priority for her, and Tyler often integrates his work trips with the family
Yahoo
In interviews, Katie has described their relationship as built on teamwork, with each partner taking turns caring for the children and making time for family events – Yahoo
In summary, Tyler Zacharia is a Hollywood producer and business executive whose career spans film production, media investment, and corporate leadership, and who shares his life with Katie Zacharia and their four children in California
After watching, I am assuming that Katie and the press were together merely for ‘intro’. Maybe time limits due to travel coincidentally.
I’m rooting for her, she has to know she will be swimming with sharks who see her as dinner.
This chick is horrible. Terrible choice. She is going to get eaten alive.
🐣
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And yet you are unable to provide a SINGLE example of what was horrible 😎
She seem to be the girl next door. Very nice and polite. I wish her the best but there are a lot of people in that room that do not feel that way.
Not watching her, but listening, she sounds fine. She needs to tone down the makeup. I think it takes away from her credibility.
Not bad. A bit nervous but delivered important points.
I’m hopeful she will settle into the role.
May God bless her and grant her the necessary wisdom, discernment and good judgment.
To all the naysayers: Have you ever been a press secretary in any capacity having to stand in front of a bunch of wild hyenas just looking for something to bite you with?
I’ve had bit of public speaking experience but nothing like what the U.S. President Press Secretary has to do. I definitely could not do her job and won’t offer criticism. If you’ve never had to speak in front of a pack of wild, raging hyenas, zip it.
Like a single Chritian among the lions – the media is a mob, the room always tense, and the attempts to manipulate the language hangs in the air like smoke in a gambling parlor. This young lady has big shoes to fill, and in cases like this it takes a bit to assimilate the theater operating around her work.
I support her at this point and am aware of the depth of duty she is operating under. Even if initially needing a bit of sanding around the edges, we need her to be her own person and own the room. Thank for your attention to this matter.
To all peanuts – stay in the gallery until otherwise having taken time to study. Opinions are from just opening of two, lets not complicate the medical issues.