Most People DON'T REALIZE Why Trump FIRED Press Secretary Katie Zacharia—Until NOW!

Five days. This is how long Katie Zachariah lasted as White House press secretary. Five days, guys. I mean, bananas last longer than that. I mean, most New Year's resolutions last longer than that. In fact, your free trial of your streaming service lasts longer than that. Press Secretary Katie Zachariah is out of the job after just five days, a remarkably short tenure that was marked by a rocky rollout at her first press briefing and questions about her legal credentials. The 41-year-old Zachariah stepped into the high-profile job on Monday and she was out by Friday. On Tuesday, she had a press briefing that was widely criticized when she seemed unprepared and she was later quizzed by reporters about her legal background. Zachariah has long described herself as a lawyer, but she never passed the bar exam and is not licensed to practice law. By Friday, Trump had had enough. He told reporters as he exited the White House that he had asked Zachariah to reconsider whether the press secretary job was suited for her and White House officials later confirmed that she was out. So here's a twist, though. It wasn't CNN. It wasn't MSNBC. You thought it would have been right. Well, it wasn't even some angry blue haired blogger in somebody's basement. It was actually Sean Hannity, guys. Yeah. On Fox News, the friendliest couch in all of television. President Trump's most loyal ally in the corporate press turned the studio lights up, kind of like an interrogation room, and asked, you didn't pass the bar exam, correct? Correct. Ah, of course. Well, nothing quite says warm welcome like a cross-examination about the bar exam that you never passed. Next morning, she's out front of the White House, glowing, cheerful, handing out her phone number like a realtor at an open house. call me, text me, email me. I'm not taking any questions. One hour later, gone, fired according to reports, transitioning out according to the official word, which is Washington speak for please return your badge to the front desk. Then President Donald Trump, he steps up and he delivers the softest breakup line in political history. If I were you, I'd reconsider. Translation, it's not you, it's me. Actually, it's Hannity. Mostly it's Hannity. And Anthony Scaramucci, the mooch himself the reigning world champion of short white house careers at a whopping 10 days called it ahead of time congratulations mooch your record is safe your trophy shelf remains undefeated so what's really happening here guys secret trump audition vetting team on a coffee break fired or quit and who's next brave enough to stand behind that podium well today guys you're gonna get the full story the parts of the headlines tiptoed around and uh yeah if you're new here go and hit subscribe. Our track record here beats five days by a whole lot. Okay. And if you enjoy the show, hit the like button on the way out. Totally appreciate you. It is easier than passing the bar exam. I promise you. So Monday, a brand new press secretary walks into the White House briefing room, shiny shoes, probably some Christian Louboutin red bottoms, fresh binder, name tag, practically still warm from the printer. So my president, excuse me, my husband, uh that's a that's a good one good morning president trump is planning to hold rallies in alaska arizona montana where i will be with him and georgia building off of the incredible momentum generated over the last several days from his stops in tennessee new york texas and Nebraska. He is an energetic president. So my president, excuse me, my husband, that's a good one. My husband is out here for the week because we have two birthdays in our family and we are very, very protective of celebrating birthdays as a family. So he brought the entire crew out here. Friday, the podium is empty. The binder's gone. The name tag is in a drawer somewhere. Five days, guys. Katie Zachariah, handpicked by President Donald Trump, taken apart by Sean Hannity out the door before most people figure out where the break room is. Now, think about your first week at any job. You're learning the Wi-Fi password. You're figuring out which coworker steals lunches from the refrigerator. You haven't even set up direct deposit yet. You probably didn't even set up your 401k yet. She's already gone. And here's the real kicker, guys. Anthony Scaramucci, who held the previous gold medal in the White House speed exits at 10 days, predicted that she'd go even faster than he did. Nobody believed him. Nobody ever believes the mooch, really. But the mooch was right, guys. Let that sink in. Anthony Scaramucci is now a political prophet. What a time to be alive, isn't it? Now, real quick thought. If a White House press secretary can be gone before her business cards even arrive, imagine how fast the stuff that actually hits your wallet can change. Taxes, Social Security, Medicare, gas prices. By the time the evening news catches up, it's old news. This is why I started the Ron Yates Report newsletter. It's totally free. There's no fluff. There's no transitioning out. Just what's actually changing and what it means for you and for your family. I left a link for you to join in the description down below. It lasts longer than five days, guaranteed. So how did it fall apart so fast? Now let's rewind to her first press briefing, shall we? Now picture this. The briefing room is packed, reporters shoulder to shoulder, cameras are rolling. Every mainstream news network on the planet is watching and she walks up to the podium, 14 minutes later, she walks away. The first press briefing by President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zachariah, lasted just 14 minutes today. So thank you so much. Katie, did the president speak with Ambassador Gilroy? To the question on, the president will be back on Thursday, and that's what I will answer. I'll leave it there. The president himself announced that she would be briefing for the first time since taking this new job, which she announced last week. She came out here to the briefing room with a room full of reporters with questions, given there hasn't been a formal White House press briefing since July after Caroline Leavitt left the post this summer. And she came out and read some brief remarks and then only took questions from three reporters. It was something unlike what I'd ever seen from many press briefings that have happened inside this room, where so few questions were taken or answered, and instead Katie Zacharias said she would be deferring to President Trump to take questions from reporters as he's traveling and making campaign stops this week. She did make some news during her Q&A, the brief questions that she took from reporters, that Kimberly Guilfoyle, the ambassador to Greece, had been asked to resign. We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. Following that damning report from the Wall Street Journal that she had sought money in exchange for access to Trump administration officials, something Guilfoyle has denied. 14 minutes, guys. About three questions. Yeah, three. You've spent longer in a drive-thru line arguing about whether they forgot your fries or not, or whether or not the Polynesian sauce is already in the bag. And the reporters, hands still in the air, mouths are still left wide open mid-question, watching the door swing shut right on behind her. Now, look, guys, nobody expects perfection on day one. I didn't expect perfection on day one. it's a tough job. Caroline Leavitt is a boss. You're not just going to fill those shoes very easily. This is the toughest podium in the world, but the press corps, they smell blood and the headlines, they started piling up faster than some dirty dishes after Thanksgiving dinner. Oh, it was bad. Widely panned. This is the polite version, guys. And here's the part that really stinks. The first briefing, it was also her last. But the briefing wasn't a knockout punch. In fact, that came later from the last person that anybody expected. Now, Sean Hannity, Fox News, Primetime, you know, the guy that's been Donald Trump's biggest cheerleader in the corporate press for years. If Trump world had a living room couch, Hannity would be, you know, the comfy cushion, you know what I mean? So she sits down expecting a warm cup of cocoa. She got a bucket of ice water instead. Picture this, guys, bright studio lights, Sean Hannity leaning in that stare, The one that says, I already know the answer. I just want to hear you say it. Yeah, first jab. Her briefing was widely panned. Second jab, 14 minutes, three questions. Oh, and then the big one. You went to Pepperdine Law School, but you did not pass the bar exam, correct? Correct. Questions about your legal background, calling yourself a lawyer. You went to Pepperdine Law School, but you did not pass the bar exam, correct? Correct. You took the bar exam, but you didn't pass the bar exam, correct? Yes, Sean. OK, did you ever take it a second time? So so for background, I graduated Pepperdine, got married in the same week, and we had all intent to move out to China. I sat for it because I didn't want to have a withdrawal status. And then I moved over to China and where I did get a job in an international practice of a Chinese law firm. I was doing multi cross-country border transactions and multi-million dollar shareholder agreements but I want to ask you specifically I know that part of the story and you did do all of that yes but you did you ever take the bar exam a second time I did not third time you did not okay oh damn yeah you could hear the jaws hitting the floor from Maine to Malibu and it didn't get any better in fact it only got worse from there every answer was a shovel and the hole just kept on getting deeper. The friendliest couch in cable news just turned into a witness stand. Nobody saw that one coming, especially her. Now, hang on guys, hang on, hang on, okay? You know somebody who swears Fox News always goes easy on Trump's people? Go ahead and send them this video right now, and then go ahead and sit back and watch their face when they get to the Hannity part. Priceless, guys. So now, let's talk about the lawyer thing, because the media sure did. All week, Zachariah was dogged by questions about her decision to call herself a lawyer. Here's the deal. Katie Zachariah graduated from Pepperdine Law School. Real school, real diploma, real ocean view, by the way. But she never passed the bar exam, never practiced law, never stood up in a courtroom and yelled, objection. She didn't do any of those things. So, of course, the headlines went wild. Did she misrepresent herself as a lawyer? Breaking news. I mean, you would think she robbed a bank or something like that. This is where the sarcasm meter hits the red zone, guys. You would think this was like an episode of Suits, okay? Because these are the same folks who insisted for four straight years that we all call her Dr. Jill Biden, right? Doctor. Not a medical doctor. Couldn't take your temperature. But say it wrong and all of a sudden you're a monster. So let me get this straight guys okay when their side stretches a title you know a little bit it's respect but when our side does it it's all of a sudden it's a scandal got it very very consistent right yeah now to be fair guys this is about a title not a crime but in washington dc a title can sink you so why would sean hannity even do that like to Trump's own pick. Seriously, theory number one, guys, the secret audition. Picture President Trump upstairs in the White House, right? Feet up, diet coke in hand, remote pointed at Fox News, and he's just watching, right? Not watching a show, watching a job interview. Because maybe, just maybe, Trump outsourced the vetting to Sean Hannity, live on national television, in front of millions upon millions of people. Now, forget the HR department. Forget some background checks, just go ahead and toss her out into the Hannity blender and see what comes out. Now, honestly, that is cheaper than a consultant. Theory number two, Sean Hannity was protecting Fox. Think about it, right? For years, critics have called him a softball pitcher, a professional head nodder. So what better way to prove them wrong than throwing a fastball right at the brand new press secretary's chin? Instant credibility. Big, huge ratings. Everybody wins. Well, almost everybody. Katie Zachariah sure didn't win that one. So which is it, guys? President Trump's secret audition, or is it Sean Hannity flexing his muscles for the camera? Maybe it's a little bit of both. You decide. Let me know in the comments. But now, if we fast forward to the next morning, right? Remember, she got roasted on Fox News the night before. Most people would just go ahead and hide under the covers, you know, maybe take some takeout, order some takeout, turn off the phone, but not Katie Zachariah. She's out front of the White House, guys. Sunshine, microphones, big old smile, the energy of a kindergarten teacher on the first day of school. Now, I'm not taking any questions, she says, but please get my number. Call me, text me, email me. I would love to work with all of you. get my number, reach out to me, call me, text me, email me, I would love to work with all of you and I'm so excited to be working with President Trump and on behalf of the American people, call me, text me, email me, ma'am. They did not want your phone number, they wanted answers. And then about an hour later the news breaks: she's out, she's gone. Like one hour, guys. You can't even get your oil changed in one hour. She went from "I'm so excited to be working with President Trump" to cleaning out her desk before most people even finish the morning coffee. Most people didn't even get all their creamer in the coffee yet. It's not been officially announced yet, but the New York Times is now quoting three people close to the matter as saying that Katie Zacharia has indeed been fired by President Trump just five days, as you said, after she began her role as his press secretary. So here's the irony that really writes itself, guys. She wasn't taking any questions. Suddenly, the whole country had all sorts of questions. So then President Trump steps up to the reporters and folks. What happened next was an absolute masterclass. Katie, is this for you? He says. Because honestly, you don't need this. Translation, pack your stuff. He keeps going. She's a nice person. Very nice person. I've watched her for years on television. Uh-oh. When Trump starts listing your good qualities in public, this is not a compliment. This is more like a eulogy. Yeah, here lies Mr. Hankey. And then he kind of admits, Sean was a little bit tough. Sean Hannity carved that interview like a Thanksgiving turkey and then came the line, if I were you, I would reconsider. very rough. She was on Sean Hannity last night, and Sean was a little bit tough, and she did, I saw Fox and Friends this morning, they were a little tough. She's been treated, I would say, pretty nastily, and I said to Katie just two minutes ago, I said, Katie, you know, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. She said, this is a lot tougher. I said, welcome to the picture it guys gentle voice fatherly tone perhaps a gentle nudge on the back big friendly smile and a pink slip quietly sliding across the table he even praised her family beautiful husband and family beautiful kids it's kind of like a picture from a postcard nothing softens the blow quite like a family photo compliment guys this was the nicest firing in washington history literally president trump thought of all the nicest things he could possibly say about this woman who's getting fired. No yelling. No, you're fired. Just a warm hug that kind of walks you straight to the exit. Meanwhile, they're deactivating her badge as she's walking. So was she fired or did she quit? Well, it kind of depends on what headline you read, right? So the Daily Mail, they went full reality TV. You're fired. That kind of energy. Big, bold letters, right? But other reporters, they said that she was fired Friday, according to three people who are familiar with the matter, which is Washington for three guys who won't give their names. Oh, and the official word, she's transitioning out. It is official Katie Zachary, who began her role as White House press secretary just this week, is transitioning out of the role, according to a number of sources and a senior White House official. Transitioning out kind of sounds like a yoga pose or maybe a phone plan. Picture two doors at the end of a White House hallway. One says fired, one says resigned. Nobody's going to tell you which one she walked through. Neither the White House, nor Katie Zachary answered requests for comment. Crickets. Total silence. Now, President Trump, he said, I'll do whatever she wants. Sweet. Also very convenient. Now, here's a clue. The same morning, she was smiling, she was doing interviews, handing out her phone number. This is not somebody planning to quit by lunch. So, this decision, it was made really fast. Like, really fast. Almost sounds really unexpected, even for Katie Zachary. Fired, quit, it. Transitioning? Call it whatever you want, the podium is still empty at this point. So now here's the question nobody in Washington wants to answer, who let this happen? Because of the bar exam thing? This wasn't buried treasure, everybody knew that. If you're going to hire her for White House Press Secretary, this is some basic background check stuff. You didn't need a metal detector and a pirate map, this was findable stuff. Probably one phone call, probably even just a basic Google search. So why did it blow up after she got the job, not before? Well, picture it, guys. Somewhere in the White House, there's a vetting file. Probably a Manila folder, because they're always Manila. And her name is on the tab, sitting on a desk, unopened, probably right next to a cold cup of coffee and a half-eaten donut. Somebody was supposed to read that folder. Somebody didn't. And look, guys, this is not about trashing anybody. It's a fair question. Like, when you hire a babysitter, you check the references. When you hire the voice of the President of the United States of America, maybe check a little harder. Just a thought. because somebody skipped a step, and Katie Zachariah is the one who ended up paying for it on national TV in front of everybody. I really felt bad for her. That really kind of brings us to the part that nobody's saying out loud, guys. Was she treated unfairly? I mean, serious question, was she treated unfairly? And even President Trump said it. She's been treated pretty nasty. And when Donald Trump says the media was too rough on somebody, you already know it got ugly. I mean, think about it, right? Five days, cable panels picking her apart like some vultures at a buffet. she's a wife she's a mom beautiful kids according to the president himself and she watched her name just get dragged across every screen in america in less than a week this is embarrassing for her this is something she's probably going to carry with her for a long time what was the upside for her i'm struggling to see the upside for her i really am i mean five days that's nothing and your whole reputation just pretty much got destroyed i mean look both things can be true at the same time this job demands toughness and the hiring it was still brutal now here's a twist guys, she's not exactly out in the cold. Sources say President Trump is still a fan. She's got friends all over the administration, and that very night, she and her whole family were reportedly having dinner with Vice President J.D. Vance and the second family. Out by lunch, dinner with the Vice President by night. Only in Washington, guys. Only in Washington. Now, let's be honest about something, shall we? Being Donald Trump's press secretary is arguably the toughest job on planet Earth. Harder than the bomb squad, harder than assembling some Ikea furniture without the instructions. This is the high roller table. These are some big old chips, big stakes, no training wheels. The press is waiting with sharpened pencils and zero mercy, and President Trump himself said it. They will never ease up. Now, you remember Caroline Leavitt. President Trump said that she did a very good job. She stood at that podium day after day, took the punches and threw a few back, sometimes with a smile, sometimes with a binder full of receipts. So here's the question. If we already know what works, it's kind of like having a great mechanic and then switching shops halfway through an oil change. Look, I'm not knocking Katie, but the bar? It was set pretty high. So let me ask you, would you take that job even for one day? Yeah, me either. So who's next behind the podium? Two names keep popping up. Scott Jennings, you already know him from CNN, where he spends most nights as the lone conservative on a panel full of people who look like they just sniffed some spoiled milk. Yeah, he takes the hits, like a human piñata with good hair. But some folks say President Trump's not sold. Why? Well, Scott Jennings used to work for Mitch McConnell. Yikes, I know, right? Yeah, never mind that he's defended President Trump nonstop on live TV. He used to work for Mitch McConnell. Now, hang on, guys, hang on, hang on. RFK Jr. used to oppose Trump. Tulsi Gabbard used to oppose Trump. J.D. Vance once said, you know, some not so nice things about Trump, too. And now these are all key players. So if your past is disqualifying, I'd have to say half of Washington needs to clean out their desks. Then, of course, there's Alina Habba. Fearless, loyal, battle-tested in courtrooms, and yes, she actually did pass the bar exam. Now imagine that, right? So who do you really want? Jennings? Alina Habba? Somebody else entirely? Let me know what you think down below. Let's go ahead and see who America really wants at that podium this time. So there it is, guys. Five days, one Hannity grilling, one gentle knife, and one empty podium. If you enjoyed the show, hit the like button on the way out, subscribe if you haven't. We're not going anywhere, guys, unlike some people.