Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary – reports

[u/Genghiz007]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary

[u/Genghiz007]

A shorter tenure than Mooch. That’s saying something.

On the positive side, she has all the time now to make up a fresh excuse for her next “career” move.

[u/AudibleNod → u/Genghiz007]

Half a Mooch is one Zacharia.

That head of lettuce is probably laughing its ass off now.

[u/Straight-Balance830 → u/AudibleNod]

The Mooch-Zacharia exchange rate

[u/astanton1862 → u/Straight-Balance830]

10 Zacharias = 1 Truss in case you plan on visiting the UK.

[u/Named_after_color → u/astanton1862]

Is this math accurate? Seems a little bit metric.

[u/popeter45 → u/Named_after_color]

Truss has a longer term than people remember as most of it was when the Queen died

[u/AxelShoes → u/popeter45]

when the Queen died

We talking Elizabeth or Lindsey Graham?

[u/akunis → u/AxelShoes]

That’s a very important question we need answered. Both queens in their own right.

[u/Doctor__Proctor → u/popeter45]

People also underestimate how hardy lettuce is

[u/ilikepizza2much → u/Doctor__Proctor]

An Ice berg moves slowly

[u/curiouscomp30 → u/AudibleNod]

The bar can go lower! And I’m here for it to see this administration try.

[u/mrplinko → u/curiouscomp30]

But she didn’t pass the bar

[u/DoctorMedieval → u/mrplinko]

Hegseth never passes a bar.

[u/No-Definition1474 → u/DoctorMedieval]

Lolol this entire sequence is hilarious

[u/Wabbit_Wampage → u/DoctorMedieval]

At first I thought you meant his chin passing a pull up bar.

[u/gquax → u/AudibleNod]

Two Zacharias are one Mooch

[u/DivinityPen → u/AudibleNod]

It's a special day when you get to witness the birth of a new meme firsthand.

[u/GastricallyStretched → u/Genghiz007]

Literally one fucking workweek, Monday to Friday.

[u/SpicyLangosta → u/GastricallyStretched]

Not even, Monday was Columbus day

[u/TrainDestroyer → u/SpicyLangosta]

Imagine starting on a short week and being done by the end of the week, what a fucking achievement.

[u/raines → u/SpicyLangosta]

Or Indigenous People’s Day. Montezuma’s Revenge?

[u/peepee2tiny → u/GastricallyStretched]

My banana's from my weekend grocery shop are just getting to be the perfect ripeness now.

They outlasted her entire White House career.

[u/Flamboyatron → u/peepee2tiny]

Shades of the head of lettuce that lasted longer than the Prime Minister of the UK.

[u/JonnyActsImmature → u/Genghiz007]

Exactly 1/2 a Scaramucci

[u/Alwayssunnyinarizona → u/JonnyActsImmature]

5 deciScaramuccis.

[u/corvaxL → u/JonnyActsImmature]

Or in other words, about 1/10th a Liz Truss

[u/BlackStar4 → u/corvaxL]

A decitruss, 1 dt

[u/za72 → u/JonnyActsImmature]

I call her HalfaMoochi

[u/32FlavorsofCrazy → u/Genghiz007]

She can go back to peddling MLM products, where he found her.

[u/Alwayssunnyinarizona → u/Genghiz007]

Do we need a new unit of measurement?

[u/TrainDestroyer → u/Alwayssunnyinarizona]

She is now the measurement for a half-Mooch

[u/DoctorMedieval → u/Genghiz007]

Exactly .5 Scarramucci.

[u/omegaequalsone → u/DoctorMedieval]

0.45455 Scaramuccis, to be precise.

[u/reallybigshark → u/Genghiz007]

“I want to be alone”

[u/IllegitimateRisk]

I wonder if she’s gonna put that on her resume so she can go do bits on Fox News as “former White House press secretary”

[u/Genghiz007 → u/IllegitimateRisk]

That, or former “Fake Attorney in China”

[u/gerrard_1987 → u/Genghiz007]

She’ll use that when she applies to be ambassador.

[u/Other-Importance-214 → u/IllegitimateRisk]

Well, technically, it's more accurate for her to call herself a former Press Secretary than it is for her to call herself a lawyer/attorney.

[u/Least1Difficulty → u/IllegitimateRisk]

Being fired for being incompetent by this admin is not something you ever want to brag about.

[u/LeLefraud → u/Least1Difficulty]

Are you kidding? Being actively employed by this admin is 10x more shameful than being fired by them

[u/The_Jovanny → u/LeLefraud]

But to cite incompetence by THEM…. That’s bad

[u/TrumpetOfDeath → u/Least1Difficulty]

I dunno, Anthony Scarramucci is doing alright after getting fired.

Speaking of The Mooch, is it time for a new unit of measurement? 5 days = 1 Zacharia?

[u/GoodOmens → u/TrumpetOfDeath]

No. A Mooch is a measurement of time and is unchanging. Illegally blonde was in office for 0.45455 Scaramuccis according to my scaramuccilator

[u/BMLortz → u/GoodOmens]

454.54 milimoochies

[u/phoenixmatrix → u/Least1Difficulty]

I dunno...this admin thinks Fauci was incompetent.

Being called incompetent by this admin is pretty much a compliment. This person is just exceptional in that BOTH sides thought she was useless. That's an achievement.

[u/butter_lover → u/IllegitimateRisk]

they were really trying to get in front of the SNL development cycle

[u/FionaWalliceFan → u/IllegitimateRisk]

Liz Truss gets to call herself a "former prime minister" so you may have a point

[u/OkEnvironment3961 → u/IllegitimateRisk]

Doesn't Scaramucci still do a lot of interviews? I know this lady didn't even make it to 1 mooch but that has still got to get her some filler spots on fox.

[u/che-che-chester → u/IllegitimateRisk]

I wonder if the scandal at her next job will be whether she is technically allowed to call herself "WH Press Secretary".

[u/1200____1200 → u/che-che-chester]

She has more claim to the WH Secretary label than "lawyer"

[u/ElectronicFerret → u/IllegitimateRisk]

I wonder how the hell she’s gonna find another job after this. Ruining your whole-ass career for five days, fucking up live on camera…. I can’t imagine it. I’d hide in a cave for the rest of my life. 

[u/SilotheGreat → u/ElectronicFerret]

She's white, attractive, and rich I'm sure she'll have no issues finding another job she's unqualified for

[u/YeetedApple → u/ElectronicFerret]

I'm pretty sure lack of shame is one of the few requirements to be Trump's press secretary, so I think she'll be okay on that part at least.

[u/aircooledJenkins]

1 Scaramucci = 235 hours, 11 minutes (14,111 minutes). Zacharia lasted approximately 109 hours, 37 minutes (assuming a midnight start on October 12 and ending at 1:37 PM on October 16). That puts her tenure at 0.4661 Mooches, or roughly 46.6% of a Scaramucci.

[u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord → u/aircooledJenkins]

This is the math I wanted immediately

[u/hotdog_tuesday → u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord]

Same, it’s such an amazing metric that keeps on giving. It’s probably technically schadenfreude, but a way to stay sane.

[u/drpepper7557 → u/aircooledJenkins]

For the metric users, this is ~0.093 Liz Trusses

[u/Rymundo88 → u/drpepper7557]

I think Trussonomics is best expressed in working days as the dosey fuck got 14 for free due to Lizzie kicking the bucket

[u/se7en41 → u/aircooledJenkins]

How many heads of lettuce does that convert to?

[u/exodus3252]

Christ this administration is useless. Do they even try to vet any of these people before handing them roles they're uniquely unqualified for?

Took her less than a day to lie about her educational background and offer up a middle school quality press conference.

Just embarrassing.

[u/in2theriver → u/exodus3252]

They did vet her, blonde, check.

[u/therealtrojanrabbit → u/in2theriver]

/holds up picture of Katie next to Ivanka

Looks good to me!

[u/Wabbit_Wampage → u/therealtrojanrabbit]

"When do I get to fuck her?"

• Trump

[u/RatedCForCats → u/Wabbit_Wampage]

"Only after your diaper change." - Trump's handler

[u/Terminator7786 → u/RatedCForCats]

throws tantrum and splatters walls with ketchup

[u/Orion14159 → u/Wabbit_Wampage]

"she is not welcome here my lord" - Natalima Wormtongue

[u/espressocycle → u/exodus3252]

Wiles told Trump not to hire her. He didn't listen and started putting out feelers for a new chief of staff instead.

[u/Protean_Protein → u/espressocycle]

Dumb arrogant shit like this only works in an authoritarian despotic totalitarian state where everyone is actually afraid of you. The fact that this shit ain’t working is a sign that democracy hasn’t yet died.

[u/Decent_Advice9315 → u/Protean_Protein]

The only reason why nukes haven't been dropped is because there is at least some semblance of sanity left in the room.

It's the moral connundrum of how to best resist the authoritarian tendencies of stupid rulers, do you completely remove yourself from the system to say your hands are clean from any wrong doing it does, or do you embedd yourself as a trusted advisor so you can alter the course enough to prevent the worst possible outcomes?

I think there are more than a few people around Trump who chose Option 2, or are at the very least, self interested and smart enough to not give into Trump's deranged views.

[u/mironsy → u/espressocycle]

Well I hear Katie Zachariah is looking for a job

[u/Teantis → u/espressocycle]

This is how the US attacked Iran too

[u/Cainga → u/exodus3252]

It’s actually really frustrating applying to hundreds of jobs and getting nothing and then seeing completely incompetent people get a job like this.

[u/beaushaw → u/Cainga]

Have you tried being a hot blond woman who has no scruples?

[u/Jabingis → u/beaushaw]

Hot is insanely subjective there. She looks like a ventriloquist dummy off a goosebumps novel.

[u/hueythecat → u/exodus3252]

Head of fbi wrote childrens books about king trump

[u/Sturmgeshootz → u/hueythecat]

I sincerely believe that's how he got the job. Such shameless ass-kissery appeals to Trump.

[u/ExpiredExasperation]

Quick, find another white blonde liar!

[u/Nokel → u/ExpiredExasperation]

Angelica Pickles, you're up

[u/Sunnyday1775 → u/Nokel]

She’s gonna ask Trump to send the 101st after Tommy

[u/OneRougeRogue → u/Sunnyday1775]

"Angelica came to me, with tears in her eyes, and said, 'Sir, Tommy stole my Reptar toy. Sir please do something'."

[u/LupinThe8th → u/Nokel]

Far too ethical and good natured for the modern GOP.

[u/mummy__napkin → u/Nokel]

She's too old for Trump

[u/LetterheadFun1824 → u/ExpiredExasperation]

Erika Kirk

[u/MilmoWK → u/LetterheadFun1824]

You know, this thread was kinda funny until you showed up. Why must you scare all the kids like that?

[u/WISCOrear → u/ExpiredExasperation]

There's probably a vat full of them somewhere ready to awaken, like all the snoke clones in that terrible star wars movie

[u/fffan9391 → u/ExpiredExasperation]

No shortage of those. Fox News has them in droves.

[u/UseWhatever]

Imagine the blowback any other sitting president would have received for failing so badly at the vetting process for such a key role.

Things are so bad that we, as a nation, just shrug this off. We’ve gotten too complacent with the grift and incompetence.

[u/Phannig → u/UseWhatever]

This is the thing. They've access to the most powerful intelligence agencies on the planet and couldn't find out that she hadn't passed the bar exam. A nine year old with Google could do better.

[u/Gabrosin → u/Phannig]

To learn information, you usually have to seek out that information. Which requires a bare minimum of giving a shit.

[u/Phannig → u/Gabrosin]

I can't stand Trump but call me old fashioned, you'd like to think that anyone with access to the executive branch of any country would have someone check their references.

[u/ashibah83 → u/Phannig]

See, the issue is that you think he cares about references and qualifications. He appoints unqualified sycophants.

[u/nnyzim → u/ashibah83]

The qualifications were blonde and around Ivanka's age.

[u/Phannig → u/nnyzim]

Isn't Ivanka a little old for him ?

[u/MisterBee123 → u/Phannig]

Ivankas previous age

[u/PlanktonFun5387 → u/Phannig]

I always figured that when you passed the bar exam you got a little card for your wallet to show other lawyers at the country club you were also a lawyer

[u/Phannig → u/PlanktonFun5387]

Not exactly, but they do get a unique bar number. They can probably recite it like an MOS and serial number.

[u/OtterLLC → u/Phannig]

My state gives us one, that we can sometimes wave on our way into courthouses to bypass the security line. One of my favorite perks of the job!

[u/RevLoveJoy → u/Phannig]

It's intentional. Zacharia's abortion of a tenure is simply chaff thrown out to keep us from talking about the fact the POTUS is a pedo whose acts feature predominately in the Epstein Files.

[u/boomecho → u/UseWhatever]

They fail at stuff like this on purpose. It distracts from all the real evil shit going down, and it never affects their billionaire bank accounts.

I mean look, there's almost 800 comments so far and posted only about 45 minutes ago.

[u/vadertator22]

Oh no she was a fraud, who knew. Man this administration has been so transparent and righteous/honest in the past. What a bummer.

[u/Hamsters_In_Butts → u/vadertator22]

how will they recover from this blunder? they have egg all over their faces now oh man

[u/Comfortable-Face4593 → u/Hamsters_In_Butts]

Yes their hardcore voters will surely turn on him for this /s

[u/SavvyCavy → u/Comfortable-Face4593]

I know it's sarcasm but I think most of us have given up on trump voters ever wising up or changing their minds. Now I just enjoy the idiot spectacle with no expectations about the remaining cult members, and it's a whole lot more fun that way.

[u/Medea_From_Colchis]

She could hardly get a sentence out without stumbling over her words. She was hired because she was pretty and would parrot exactly what her bosses wanted her to. It's not exactly surprising they didn't vet her for competence or her credentials.

The whole debacle with her clearly falsified legal credentials just shows how little effort and thought the Trump administration puts into its hires for the position beyond being blond, attractive, sycophantic, and willing to lie through their teeth.

[u/TintedApostle → u/Medea_From_Colchis]

Its a DEI hire using the new DEI scale.

[u/Catskillschick → u/TintedApostle]

And I love that fox news said she's "transitioning" out of the role.. lolz

[u/TripleUltraMini → u/Catskillschick]

So she's trans now?!? Good luck getting another similar job /s

[u/JohnnyRelentless → u/Medea_From_Colchis]

Trump: Get her out of here, find me another one that looks like my sexy, sexy daughter.

[u/Clovis_Winslow → u/Medea_From_Colchis]

Just because someone has blonde hair doesn’t mean they’re pretty. She looked fucking weird.

[u/Waterwoogem]

Less than half a Scaramucci, ooof.

[u/Narradisall → u/Waterwoogem]

Thanks. I was wondering how many Scaramuccis this was. Love that measurement of time

[u/LukeD1992]

It's ok. Trump won't find shortage of unqualified conservative bimbos who bear a passing resemblance to his daughter

[u/GingerGuerrilla]

SNL is definitely going to need to rewrite their opening sketch.

[u/TheAlmightyMojo → u/GingerGuerrilla]

"Melissa McCarthy, we need you to come in as Sean Spicer for the bar scene of all the former Press Secretaries meeting up in the cold open."

[u/Jgusdaddy]

Damn, she was hilarious. I wanted to see more White House press conferences.

[u/ammockjo → u/Jgusdaddy]

I know, is it bad to say I’m bummed out? She was the perfect representation of that administration.

[u/fohpo02 → u/Jgusdaddy]

Wildly bad, that first press conference was like a middle school public speaking class

[u/R5Jockey]

Not for nothing, why is it only the incompetent women that get fired? When are the incompetent men gonna get fired? I’m lookin at you, Hegseth.

[u/thereisacowlvl → u/R5Jockey]

Because Trump doesn't respect women

[u/ThatHotAsian → u/thereisacowlvl]

Yet women will line up and vote against their own interests for him anyways

[u/tiny_galaxies → u/ThatHotAsian]

Internalized misogyny is a hell of a thing. I also guarantee most of them never heard a kind word from their fathers.

[u/r3dditr0x → u/R5Jockey]

They did this all to humiliate her and she's too stupid to know it, lol.

I guarantee her background check showed all these issues.

And, I agree, Pete should definitely go, especially after his sadistic day-dream about streaming a killing for entertainment.

[u/Serious-Hippo7508]

On Spicer and Sanders and Donner and Blitzen. On Moochi and Leavitt, and Prancer and Vixen. But do you recall, the worst press secretary of all?

[u/sjhesketh → u/Serious-Hippo7508]

Katie, the short term press sec

Never passed the bar exam

Passed herself as a lawyer

Her whole tale was a sham

She looked a lot like Ivanka

So she got a cushy job

But she botched it so badly

She got fired by the orange slob

[u/resilindsey]

Is this one of those DEI hires I was fear-mongered about?

[u/tweisse75 → u/resilindsey]

Just the opposite. She’s the MAGA “proof” why DEI doesn’t work.

[u/Financial-Grass-6114]

More interesting is why trump hired her likely against all advice

[u/canakz → u/Financial-Grass-6114]

Is that a rhetorical question? He saw a young, attractive blonde who reminded him of his daughter, Ivanka.

[u/GameOnDevin → u/Financial-Grass-6114]

Blonde, white, and attractive.

[u/Hippies_are_Dumb → u/GameOnDevin]

Republican DEI

[u/SerDuckOfPNW]

She only lasted 0.5 Scaramuccis

[u/generally_unsuitable → u/SerDuckOfPNW]

That's called a semimooch. I think it's an ISO standard, now.

[u/LongRoofFan → u/SerDuckOfPNW]

Came here for scaramucci math, am not disappointed 

[u/ragingduck]

Didn’t even last long enough to be spoofed on SNL.

[u/Nice_Block]

Republicans and their voters may be the most stupid group of people who have ever lived in human history.

[u/tabrizzi]

The New York Times reported Zacharia had been fired. Fox News reported she was “transitioning out” of the role.

Fox News has an interesting way to framing things.

[u/HeHateCans]

I hear she’s thinking of suing them over this. But she doesn’t know where to find a good lawyer.

[u/mrdominoe]

Wow. You mean an illiterate floozy with zero credentials CAN'T have a job in this white house? I am actually kind of surprised.

[u/Dahnlen → u/mrdominoe]

She only can’t have the job because the media found out she was a fraud. The White House knew she was a fraud and that was a feature for them.

[u/DeathMonkey6969 → u/Dahnlen]

The administration only put her in cause half of them think the media is as gullible as their supporters. So no one would look into her history.

[u/mwilkens → u/Dahnlen]

They can't find anyone for the job because everyone has previously said negative things about Trump which is a deal breaker for him.

[u/kinotravels → u/mrdominoe]

That’s the president, so it can be done.

[u/SaulTBolls]

Well shes got a great law career to fall back on!

[u/EnsonAmata]

Natalie had her shipped off like a disrespectful child to boarding school.

[u/MikeBinfinity]

Your local Chick-fil-A can run the government better than Trump and the republicans can.

[u/PaidUSA → u/MikeBinfinity]

Chickfila runs a military academy for their managers/owners. Actually training all your managers would make every company better.

[u/mildlydisenchanted]

Please welcome our new Fox Host, former White House Press Secretary and Fake Chinese Lawyer, Katie Zacharia!

[u/threehundredthousand]

She is the new patron saint of people who egregiously lie on their resume and stumble into a job title they can't even spell.

[u/redstone76]

Next K blonde bimbo, youre up!

[u/etherealtwo]

This presidency has only reinforced the blonde stereotype.

[u/warriormango1]

Why fire her? How about the inept person who vetted her?

[u/drmojo90210 → u/warriormango1]

The person who "vetted" her is Trump. He saw a blonde chick with Mar-A-Lago face who posts sycophantic MAGA shit on twitter. Those are literally the only job qualifications.

[u/Genghiz007 → u/warriormango1]

How about fire both of them?

The person who hired her was DJT who loved her regurgitated version of his Truth Social posts. He called her and offered her the job after watching a few “auditions.”

Zachariah mentioned all of the above in a recent interview.

[u/FlemPlays]

Hopefully SNL didn’t cast her counterpart. Haha

[u/m_ttl_ng → u/FlemPlays]

They can simply fire her mid-sketch

[u/Jackson_Cook]

1 Zacharia = Halfamucci

[u/HisHolyNoodliness]

5 days. We have a new measurement unit. 1 Zacharia.

[u/lilolemi]

It's always nice to see people doing worse at their job than me, especially on days with big f ups.

[u/AlderaminInTheSky]

geez what a clowncar of an admin lmao

[u/IamaFunGuy]

Damn not even half a Scaramucci!

[u/Ok-Iron-7115]

She didn’t even make it one Scaramucci!

[u/RAdm_Teabag]

someone check my math, is that 45 centimooches?

[u/DJinKC]

She didn't even last one Scaramucci

[u/SkeleHoes → u/DJinKC]

New unit of measurement, a zacharia. Two zacharias = a scaramucci.

[u/speedingpullet]

LOL, barely half a Scaramucci. That must be some sort of record?

[u/greentea1985 → u/speedingpullet]

Not even half a Scaramucci. You can use Scaramucci as a marker of when all the people who had tried to control Trump had left the building or were being pushed out of the way his first term. This hiring and firing shows an administration that has gone completely off the rails. Worse, it is coming at a time when Trump might just lose all relevance because he’s going to be a lame duck after the midterm election.

[u/Lillian_Crocodilian]

A Zacharia is the new Scaramucci unit; I don't make the rules.

[u/CMHenny → u/Lillian_Crocodilian]

They convert at a 5/11 ratio.

[u/OxygenThief7]

Lawd, not even half a Scaramucci 😂

Do we even “honor” her with a new time measurement? I’m thinking not.

[u/nationwideonyours]

Hahaha. The clown circus continues.

[u/They-Call-Me-Taylor]

I genuinely LOL'd at this. What a bunch of clowns.

[u/kzlife76]

I vote for Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer to replace her.

[u/podnap]

Grand opening, grand closing

[u/fossilnews]

The lettuce I left out is still fresh.

[u/vibe4it]

But the head of lettuce, still fresh

[u/rhj2020]

“I only hire the best people..”

[u/Kurovi_dev]

She was exceptionally terrible at her job and literally the only reason she ever had it was because she is blonde, because that is how pathetic the United States actually is now.

[u/sillycatbutt → u/Kurovi_dev]

I guess we saw a livestreamed execution after all.... 🤷‍♀️

[u/AppendixN]

The rate of exchange is 1 Scaramucci to 0.5 Zacharias.

2.5 Scaramuccis = 1 Flynn
7.25 Flynns = 1 Spicer

[u/CliffDagger]

Shame I was hoping for a few complete fuck ups before he fired her, or at least a meltdown on live tv

[u/Surturius]

Thank goodness, now I'm sure we'll get a totally sane and normal replacement

[u/WearmyMark]

They can't even vet a hire properly and they are in charge of the government of the country. They are in charge of nuclear weapons.

[u/Awkward_Broccoli_997]

The people who control the world’s largest nuclear arsenal are not capable of the basic task of hiring a competent employee.

[u/petorb]

That’s not even half of one Scaramucci

[u/Fiveofthem]

0.45 Scaramuccis. Now we have a new measurement for Trump press secretaries. 👏

[u/Jeff-IT]

You guys think that she will put this on her resume?

[u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse]

Bwahahaha hahaha, bwahahaha hahaha. Morons, traitors and thieves

[u/OHFUCKMESHITNO]

Even Liz Truss lasted longer than her

[u/polarwaves]

lmao, this administration is fucking embarrassing.

[u/FailureX]

At least this way she can now buckle down and start studying for the bar... or at least it's cocktail menu.

[u/trip6god]

Gotta love when they quickly get those dei hires out like they promised

[u/-deetjay-]

Who is the next blonde lizard person they’ll hire?

[u/wilsont18]

Wow a half Mooch. The T2A is firing on all cylinders folks, so much winning.

[u/SameIdea70]

New record but I think we can get even lower

[u/fistedwithlove]

.5 Mooches. Incredible.

[u/hamtronn]

What an absolute farce.

[u/dukie33066]

2 Zacharia = 1 Scaramucci

[u/Calcutec_1]

You seriously can’t even make this shit up 😂😆😀

[u/hayekd]

Time to get started on the tell all memoir and book tour.