New WH Press Secretary Katie Zacharia a surprise choice

Katie Zachariah has been announced as the new White House press secretary. Donald Trump recently put on social media platforms that she has an unblemished record of support and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter. What do you know about her? I've served as press secretary for two United States senators in the U.S. Senate office, and then I served for Senator John Cornyn on his reelection campaign over the last year and a half. So I'm quite familiar with the role of press secretary. I'll be honest with you, that's not a name that I was familiar with, and that doesn't necessarily mean that she's not good. I don't know. I do think that name caught a lot of us off guard. There are a lot of names inside the White House that were in the mix. Certainly Scott Jennings, the CNN commentator, my friend, would have been an outstanding choice. But in the end, the president gets to choose, and he should choose the person he has confidence in that's going to do the job the way he thinks it needs to be done. Who he trusts, you know, looking the part obviously is something the president cares a lot about. Maybe other people don't care as much as he does, but he cares a lot about that. So for whatever reason, he has he has confidence in Katie, and I think we'll know fairly quickly whether she's up to this or not. The White House press secretary job is probably the fourth hardest job in in the federal government. The president is first, and then White House chief staff is second. I think the National Security Advisor, because you literally can never sleep, is probably third. But White House press secretary is a close fourth because you have to become an expert in every issue and be constantly giving real time updates. And you can you can make a comment that's a half intelligent comment, and markets can change if you're not careful. So the stakes are high when you're White House press secretary, and we're going to find out whether Katie Zachariah can can swim pretty quickly. All right. Well, yeah. Yes, plenty to look out for, Matt. Thank you so much. Really appreciate your time and analysis.