r/AskConservatives • u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative • 1d ago
What do we think of Katie Zachariah getting fired?
After what was quite possibly the shortest tenure ever, our new White House press secretary had been fired. Good riddance, she never should have been hired in the first place. I’m wondering if the president actually believed she was a lawyer and fired her when he found out it wasn’t true? Or if he fired her when everyone else found out it wasn’t true and didn’t want us to know he co-signed her lie?
Funny as hell either way
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u/zootopiafan07 Conservative 8h ago
She wasn’t fired, Trump gave her the ok to leave after he saw the press mistreat her.
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u/svensterbod Conservative 8h ago
She got fired because she's a bozo. She is a terrible liar, misrepresented herself, embarrassed Trump, cannot speak past a 5th grade reading level and then goes and blames everyone but herself for her poor performance.
"it was my first press conference, i was unprepared, i didnt have enough information"
Bro, she's an adult? Over the age of what, 40? Married with kids and she wants to not take any accountability? "I was unprepared"
Then you get fucking prepared. The fact you need to try and make excuses for these women is absolutely hilarious.
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u/sokolov22 Left Libertarian 7h ago
To be fair, her boss and most of the people he surrounds himself with also doesn't take accountability. Why shouldn't it work for her?
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u/11EmeraldEyes11 Conservative 9h ago
Outrage from the left when Katie said she’s a lawyer. She did earn a Juris Doctor JD (professional law degree) from Pepperdine’s Caruso school of law.
Her professional background includes international corporate law in Beijing China.
Why is that any different than Abdul El-Sayed claiming he’s a doctor, but has no medical license and never treated a patient?
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u/Minute_Marzipan_6844 Center-right Conservative 2h ago
I just looked it up and he has a MD making him a doctor but not a physician. I thought the same went for Katie but she recently admitted she’s not a lawyer. Who knows?
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 7h ago
I don’t even care about that… I care that her performance suuucked lol
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u/Dang1014 Independent 7h ago
Her professional background includes international corporate law in Beijing China..
Did you see that the Chinese lawfirm she worked at made public comment and confirmed that foreigners arent allowed to practice law in China, and when they do hire foreigners they're just used to navigate language barriers and culture norms, and she was essentially doing the work of an intern?
Did you also see that she has on her LinkedIn that she was general council of a California non-profit which would 1000% require her to act as a liscenced attorney?
She was a hilariously bad hire, and im actually impressed tgat the Trumo admin recognized that and cut their losses so quickly.
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u/kariam_24 European Conservative 4h ago
Recognised? You mean they didn't check her cv and credentials at all?
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u/11EmeraldEyes11 Conservative 6h ago
I didn’t say she was practicing law in China.
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u/Keffpie European Conservative 4h ago
You’re her, aren’t you?
I simply refuse to believe anyone else could be stupid enough to defend her idiocy.
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u/Minute_Marzipan_6844 Center-right Conservative 2h ago
They’re defending daddy Trump not her per se. This was a bad look for even non maga conservatives. A far cry from Levitt I’m no Trump supporter and she still impressed me. Katie would get lost walking from the couch to the tv
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u/Dang1014 Independent 6h ago
Her professional background includes international corporate law in Beijing China..
What do you think this statement means?
Also, what's your response to her claiming to he the general council for a non profit in California?
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u/mrjcall Conservative 12h ago
Not much really. It was obvious from her 1st news conference that she was uncomfortable in the role and not truly suitable. Sometimes it is necessary to have the experience and then make the adjustment. No big deal either way, but it is unfortunate that it was a false start. Some will make a big deal over this, but it truly is not. Just one of those things that has to be experienced to understand.
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u/Kimoppi Center-left 7h ago
I feel for her, honestly. Beginning a job and realizing that you are not as suited for it happens, and it can feel terrible. It's embarrassing for all involved. She just did that on an international level. Hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people around the world are likely laughing at her.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 11h ago
Yea. Never expected anyone to beat Scaramucci’s exit record lol
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u/uisce_beatha1 Conservative 15h ago
Well, she was better than Psaki.
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u/seffend Progressive 11h ago
Is this something you actually believe or are you just kidding?
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u/uisce_beatha1 Conservative 3h ago
I absolutely believe it. And Psaki, bad as she was, was better than KJP.
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u/Shawnj2 Progressive 13h ago
Nah Psaki was competent. The last press secretary was also competent
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 15h ago
I think he should just appoint Kamala Harris. She gets a consolation prize for losing the 2024 election, it makes Democrats' heads explode, and we get nightly briefings full of word salads.
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 9h ago
Man, some people have zero sense of humor or appreciation for absurdity.
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 8h ago
I dunno, but you guys cannot appreciate a simple joke. It must be exhausting.
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u/iamokokokokokokok Independent 11h ago
This would legit give me a brain-bleeding aneurysm from clenching my brain so hard that it ruptures lol. Have you ever considered a career in designing psyops for the CIA? Hahaha oh my gosh
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 11h ago
Who needs MK-ULTRA when we have that?
"You WILL reveal the location of the bomb, Grigory!"
"I will NEVER divulge that, American pigboy!"
"Oh yeah? Bring in Kamala Harris!"
"No! Anysing but that! I will talk!"
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u/iamokokokokokokok Independent 10h ago
Maybe all the LSD was just sensational distraction and all this time the MK actually stood for Mrs Kamala hahaha. Lord help us all
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u/l1v1ngst0n Independent 15h ago
We do already get those word salads non-stop from Trump, haha.
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 15h ago
Oh, but imagine the two of them. It'll have some sort of reality-warping effect.
And the Democrats certainly don't want her around, so it works for everybody.
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u/uisce_beatha1 Conservative 15h ago
A 2 year old makes more sense than Harris.
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u/Specific_Praline_362 Center-left 14h ago
Why do people say this? Harris is very articulate about 90 percent of the time. Any public figure who talks on camera constantly and is under constant scrutiny is going to have a gaffe every now and then.
She may hold the world record for the person who has said "let me be clear" the most times ever though
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u/Successful-Notice903 Center-right Conservative 16h ago
Firstly damn just 5 days that was fast but I think this is a good lesson for everyone if this DEI hire can become pre-secretary what’s stopping you from living your dreams lol
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u/Winstons33 Republican 13h ago
I'm against DEI as much as anybody... But if there's a lesson here, it's that a person hired because they're attractive (clearly the case here) is about as negligent as any DEI based hiring.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 13h ago
Yes. I mean the purpose isn’t diversity but he’s clearly hiring based solely on appearance and sycophantic ideology. What happened to Mr Meritocracy? lol
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u/sokolov22 Left Libertarian 7h ago
What evidence is there that Trump has ever cared about merit?
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u/2025sbestthrowaway Constitutionalist Conservative 9m ago
Hiring Marco Rubio and Steven Miller. They check both the merit and the sycophant boxes imo
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 7h ago
None? He sure yaps about it a lot and pretends to though. That’s the whole point….
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u/11EmeraldEyes11 Conservative 9h ago
Hiring a press secretary that is easy on the eyes is not a bad strategy. She decided she was not a good fit for the job, and Trump agreed.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 8h ago
Agree, but there’s gotta be more to it than that
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u/11EmeraldEyes11 Conservative 8h ago
Why??? She probably just couldn’t take the heat, not everybody is cut out for that job. I guess she didn’t realize how brutal the press could be, and thought, do I really need this?
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u/kariam_24 European Conservative 4h ago
She also lied about passing bar and she wasn't verified? Cmon.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 7h ago
No I mean there’s got to be more to her than easy on the eyes. That’s a great strategy, for sure, but she’s gotta have a little substance, pizzaz and… you know… public speaking skills as well?
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u/anonpurple Right Libertarian (Conservative) 12h ago
It has not been a meritocracy in this White House for a long while
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 15h ago
I don’t wanna live my dreams for 5 days! lol
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u/Successful-Notice903 Center-right Conservative 12h ago
Hey now some people never get to live their dreams haha
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 11h ago
Better than getting them ripped out from under you after a couple days! lol
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u/Successful-Notice903 Center-right Conservative 9h ago
Fair enough any ways hope you have a good weekend and maybe I’ll see you around on here or other subs
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u/ZMowlcher Independent 15h ago
It shows how sexist the administration is. Pete Hegseth leaked highly sensitive military plans on a chat app and was handwaved. She looked bad once.
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u/Willem_Dafuq Democrat 15h ago
So is it just anyone who you don’t like is a DEI hire? It’s obvious Trump doesn’t hire on the basis of DEI. He certainly has a type for his WHPS. In fact given that, maybe a little diversity from his type wouldn’t be a bad thing.
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u/ClickLeather6490 Right Libertarian (Conservative) 16h ago
Yes, I don't think he knew she wasn't actually a lawyer (and that's his fault for not vetting her). I also think she was put on Hannity specifically to get grilled at Trump's request so her firing wouldn't come as much of a shock to the fox news crowd. She was terrible and deserved to get fired. How it took them this long to find someone and that's who they cone up with is beyond me.
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u/Minute_Marzipan_6844 Center-right Conservative 2h ago
If Katie managed to pull the wool over on Trump and the whole administration we have bigger problems than I thought
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u/OpeningChipmunk1700 Social Conservative 14h ago
Is it? At this point, what professionally successful and intelligent person would want to start working for Trump?
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u/Specific_Praline_362 Center-left 14h ago
Laura Loomer is currently gunning for the job
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u/OpeningChipmunk1700 Social Conservative 13h ago
She’s a crazy bitch, right?
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u/Specific_Praline_362 Center-left 12h ago
Yes. Trump is apparently floating the idea. This is going to be epic.
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u/Keffpie European Conservative 3h ago
What, really? Isn’t she currently on the outs with Trump? She visited Ukraine and came back a convert against Russia, while Trump is still basically a Putin stooge.
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u/Specific_Praline_362 Center-left 2h ago
Idk he posted something earlier on Truth Social about how she'd be a good press sec
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 15h ago
That’s a great theory and makes a lot of sense actually.
I would imagine with all the shenanigans it’s getting harder and harder to find someone e willing to stand on tv and say THIS IS ALL WONDERFUL
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u/Winstons33 Republican 13h ago
I still kinda like the guy, but this is so true. He says so much shit that is off-the-cuff / reckless and unnecessary, I think being his press secretary is about the hardest job I can imagine.
Talk about a tough candidate search. He might need to go H1B on this one...lol. To say "few Americans are willing to do this job" would be an understatement.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 13h ago
LOLOL that’s so funny and true lol
There’s only so many ways you can spin bullshit into sugar. I think ppl are also realizing he’s got 2 years left, and anything can happen after that. Nobody wants to make themselves completely unemployable and persona non grata. Justifying some of this stuff on tv will get you backlisted from almost everywhere real quick.
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u/gregaustex Center-right Conservative 17h ago
I think she was fired because she did a terrible job in her first briefing. Maybe nervous.
If she had excelled the lawyer thing would have been a blip. How they never saw this coming - no try out or review of prior public speaking engagements - is the question.
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u/ZMowlcher Independent 16h ago
You'd think the Signal leak would've had Hegseth fired. It really really should have.
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u/Sam_Fear Americanist 17h ago
If the one person who's job is to spin the news in your favor causes bad press because they got caught by a gotcha question about themselves, yeah they proved they aren't up for the job. The next blunder shit storm could be about Iran.
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u/svensterbod Conservative 17h ago
I think its fucking embarrassing. The speaking level of a 5th grader and he throws her up there because shes just, "yes mister president whatever you want mister president. Its the radical left mister president. Yes sir mister president "
Total bozo. Levitt left because she knew its cooked. Game over. Total clown show tbh
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u/zootopiafan07 Conservative 8h ago
Leavitt left so she could be around to take care of her children.
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u/svensterbod Conservative 8h ago
Oh, you believe that, huh?
I have some land on the moon for sale, it will only cost you about 1 dollar 4 acres, so whenever you're ready to work out a deal, let me know. I also have sections of the sky for sale, we can put your name on a portion of the atmosphere.
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u/Foots_Walker_808 Center-left 15h ago
Whatever I personally think about Levitt's morals, she was a damn good press secretary.
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u/photon1701d Center-right Conservative 18h ago
Scott Jennings was pining for the job. He's a bit of a douche but fairly knowledgeable. But Trump loves his blonde bimbo's and he never had a chance. Makes you wonder how Sarah Sanders or Spicer got the job.
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u/Specific_Praline_362 Center-left 14h ago
Sanders was actually very good at her job. I don't remember the exact context but once she was cleaning up one of his messes with the media and was asked about some insane Tweet he'd literally just made since the press briefing started, so Sarah didn't know about it...you could see all over her face that she was just over it but she still did well
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u/thoughtsnquestions European Conservative 18h ago
How she even got hired into that position is baffling.
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u/Minute_Marzipan_6844 Center-right Conservative 2h ago
She’s blonde and willing to suck up to Trump. It doesn’t take much
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u/BrilliantMatter4858 Independent 17h ago
I kind of just assumed that they hired her because she’s good looking
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative 19h ago
She didn't need to be a lawyer to be press secretary. He hired her because he liked her and thought she could do the job. She wasn't happy so he gave her the out. She will still work for him in some capacity.
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u/Windowpain43 Leftist 18h ago
Do you think she did a good job in her one briefing?
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative 17h ago
Yes,
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u/julius_sphincter Liberal 15h ago
You're actually incapable of leveling even the slightest, most minor criticism at Trump aren't you? Like this is such a layup of "yeah this was a mistake, lets move on" but nah, you gotta say he didnt even fire her, he was "just giving her an out because she didn't like it".
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 17h ago
You’re joking, right?
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative 17h ago
Why would I be joking. She was on for 15 minutes. What did she do wrong?
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 15h ago
She sounded like a robot, couldn’t speak with any proper cadence, couldn’t look up from the paper to even remember a simple thing?
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u/Nurse_Hatchet Liberal 16h ago
She could barely read, for one. I was cringing in embarrassment for her, it was like a kid reading badly in front of the class. It was also immediately obvious that they were far more concerned with her looks and outfit than any substance in her head or coming out of her mouth.
That wasn’t obvious to you?
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u/Windowpain43 Leftist 17h ago
She did not sound confident, she accidently said "my president" instead of "my husband". What, specifically, did you see that went well for her?
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative 16h ago
You saw that in 15 minutes? You were never a little incomfortable in a new job?
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u/Windowpain43 Leftist 16h ago
I certainly have, but I've never been the white house press secratary where it's literally the job to be comfortable addressing the press. Has there been another press secratary that had a similarly uncomfortable first briefing?
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u/JazzzzzzySax Progressive 16h ago
If you’re gonna be the press secretary for the POTUS you probably shouldn’t get nervous as a public speaker (or repeatedly lie about your experience)
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u/LesPolsfuss Center-left 18h ago
I would bet he didn’t like her as a person more than he liked her outward appearance
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u/Forcedperspective84 European Conservative 23h ago
I cannot wait for Laura Loomer.
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u/GentleGerbil Liberal 22h ago
My money is on Jake and Logan Paul being the first tandem press secretaries
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u/Big-Soup74 Center-right Conservative 18h ago
Omfg that would be hilarious
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u/BeeBobber546 Center-left 23h ago
Honestly, yea why not at this point. Let’s see some real fireworks lol
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u/PlatonicCuddlefish Conservative 1d ago
Literally don’t think about it at all. Who gives a shit. It’s the dumbest job in the world.
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u/Midren Independent 1d ago
Well if shows you how dumb the president is since he hired this person.
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u/PlatonicCuddlefish Conservative 1d ago
Yeah totally, the President of the United States puts a ton of effort into the hiring of the press secretary. You got him.
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u/LesPolsfuss Center-left 18h ago
He watches a shit ton of tv. This position is literally his avatar for the public, press and really the nation. The press secretary travels by his side to almost every where. He for sure puts effort and has input in hires like this.
Do you think you’re down playing this embarrassing blunder so you can subdue second hand embarrassment?
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u/PlatonicCuddlefish Conservative 15h ago
No, I just literally couldn’t care less. It’s a silly job for chicks with a poli sci degree who want a career in tv.
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u/409yeager Center-left 23h ago
You say this ironically but it’s a completely accurate statement. POTUS tends to put a lot of care into selecting their literal personal representative to face the nation.
So ironically it looks just as bad either way. Trump picked someone who was a liar and completely unprepared and unqualified for the role, or Trump literally didn’t care to make any effort in selecting his mouthpiece to the American people.
Can’t say I’m shocked either way.
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u/PlatonicCuddlefish Conservative 23h ago
You’re right, the press secretary is totally the president’s “literal person representative to face the nation.” That’s why they’re always so qualified.
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u/409yeager Center-left 23h ago
I didn’t need your confirmation that I was correct but thank you for providing it anyway.
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u/Big-Soup74 Center-right Conservative 18h ago
Not shocked that I have to tell you this and I know you won’t listen but your statement was wrong
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u/MysteriousTax393 Center-left 23h ago
Yeah, they actually do, funnily enough.
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u/PlatonicCuddlefish Conservative 23h ago
KJP would like a word.
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u/MysteriousTax393 Center-left 22h ago
Im not sure if you’ve noticed, but the directive has gone out to muddle the term “lawyer”, not to distance Zachariah from Trump.
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u/409yeager Center-left 23h ago
KJP being bad doesn’t mean Biden didn’t put a lot of effort into picking her. They can put a lot of personal attention into picking a press secretary and make a bad pick. Which is what happened here.
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u/rawbdor Democrat 23h ago
I might be wrong but my understanding is that for typical presidents, the press secretary is actually one they put a bit of effort into. It's the face of the white house on the day to day basis.
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u/Big-Soup74 Center-right Conservative 18h ago
their only job to deflect questions and concerns from the press. That’s it lol
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u/Monte_Cristos_Count Center-right Conservative 1d ago
This administration is prioritizing loyalty over competency
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 19h ago
It always has. I can go down a long list of boneheaded hiring decisions. And the turnover is ridiculous because the guy in charge governs by whim and impulse.
I was complaining about Pete Buttigieg's performance as Transportation Secretary back in the day. I have tons of experience in the field, and someone asked me (hypothetically) if I'd take the job under Biden.
Sure. It's not all that political, and I'd be serving the public, not necessarily the guy in the Oval Office.
Then, turn the question around. Would I serve in the position under Trump? Hell no. I could do the best possible job. I could improve things. But the minute something out of my control goes wrong, or the minute he just has a fit of pique, and I'm out.
And I'm not just out. It's all over Truth Social and Fox that I'm low energy. Total failure. Bad for America. LOSER!
No thanks. I can only imagine how toxic of a workplace the Trump administration is behind the scenes.
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u/Shawnj2 Progressive 13h ago
Buttigieg was okay as transportation secretary, I think he did okay. Much better than Sean Duffy is doing now lmao and the last Trump pick was Mitch McConnell’s wife as a political favor.
Transportation and housing are probably like the two most important issues facing people in the US now and it’s pretty baffling how lightly presidents take the position tbh
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 12h ago
Buttigieg was okay as transportation secretary
When the harbors were clogged with ships during the post-Covid period, Buttigieg didn't even make an appearance. The media went looking for him and found out he'd been out on paternity leave for a couple of weeks and nobody even knew.
When CSX was threatening to go on strike, nobody heard from him. President Biden had to handle it.
After a major train derailment happened in East Palestine, Ohio, he was also a no-show. He couldn't even take a day to go out there and make an appearance. Furthermore, his department proposed reducing the already-lax brake safety rules that led to the accident.
Just about anyone else would have been a better fit for the job.
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u/Shawnj2 Progressive 12h ago
I mean I didn’t say he was great but he pushed investments in transportation while Trump 2 has mostly been interested in defunding it.
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 12h ago
He wasn't a legislator. Those were in the first major budget bill that had already been written.
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u/Shawnj2 Progressive 12h ago
A transportation secretary who calls bike lanes DEI is not someone serious about making transportation better in America https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5893672/dot-bike-lanes-speed-cameras-safety-measures
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 11h ago
We're not talking about Duffy. If the best defense of Buttigieg is but the Trump guy is bad, it kind of makes my point.
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u/backflash European Liberal/Left 20h ago
This is the Trump administration's idea of correcting DEI hiring practices: hiring people solely "based on merit."
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u/tnitty Independent 22h ago
I wouldn't say it's just a priority. It's the only requirement. It helps if your a culture warrior too or a blond bimbo. That will get your resume to the top of the list.
I'm sad that she was fired after just 0.45 Scaramuccis. I was hoping she would last through the mid-terms and represent the Trump regime the way it should be represented. She fit right in with the conspiracy theorist running FBI, the brain-worm addled anti-science guy running DHS, and the boner-obsessed, Christian nationalist and part-time Fox News host running the Dept of WAR! We deserved a Q-Anon conspiracy theorist for a few more weeks, fawning all over Trump like a true cult member.
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u/the-tinman Center-right Conservative 21h ago
Just curious if you though Leavett was a blond bimbo?
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u/tnitty Independent 14h ago edited 11h ago
Not a bimbo. Just a blonde sycophant.
By the way, as a blonde she fits right into the central casting. I remember seeing side by side photos of Obama’s summer interns and the Trump summer interns. Obama’s looked like a reflection of America (white, asian, Latino, black, etc.). Trump’s was a crowd blonde white kids. Nothing wrong with being blonde and white, but it tells you a lot about Trump’s mentality.
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u/GreatSoulLord Center-right Conservative 1d ago
She definitely wasn't ready for prime time. Literally.
I mean. It happens. Sometimes a candidate looks great on paper but isn't great in reality.
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u/Perfect-Resist5478 Center-left 18h ago
Great on paper like lying about being an attorney?
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u/GreatSoulLord Center-right Conservative 15h ago
She wouldn't be the first person to lie on a resume.
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u/Perfect-Resist5478 Center-left 15h ago
Sure… that doesn’t make her qualified and considering she’s applying to be the mouthpiece of one of the most powerful men in the world you’d think something as fact-checkable as “are you an actual attorney” wouldn’t be lied about. Most people who lie on their resume do so cuz they know they won’t be caught
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u/GreatSoulLord Center-right Conservative 14h ago
I don't have enough information to be suitably outraged by this. For all I know this is an HR mistake.
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u/noisymime Democratic Socialist 19h ago
Surely things like the made up credentials are exactly why these roles would (outside of the Trump administrations) always be thoroughly vetted. I get that Trump likes to buck traditional processes, but the lack of vetting seems to be an example of that really biting him (Again)
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u/MysteriousTax393 Center-left 23h ago
On paper..? There was no paper… they check my degree and credentials for my run of the mill engineering job. There was less background checking for the press secretary than my internship. what paper??
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u/serial_crusher Libertarian 1d ago
Excited to see how bad the next person they get is
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u/LonelyMachines Classical Liberal 19h ago
I'm guessing Pauley Shore or Judge Judy.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 17h ago
LOLOL not Judy! She’d just stand there and stare at everyone like YOU PICKED HIM! Lol
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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Republican 17h ago
Holy shit, I just watched a short horror film on YouTube last night called "Remain Calm." It is only fifteen minutes long and had Pauly Shore and Doug Jones (my personal favorite) in it.
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u/WestCoastCompanion Center-right Conservative 1d ago
I think it’s going to get worse lol the more all
The craziness goes on the less and less intelligent the ppl willing to stand in front of the nation and say THIS IS WONDERFUL become lol
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u/SeaTeach9760 Conservative 1d ago
DEI hire. Embarrassing.
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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 Republican 1d ago
It wasn't a DEI hire, but a horny Trump hire.
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u/atwozmom Progressive 13h ago
That fact that she looks like his daughter is now making me want to spork my eyes out.
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