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Trump’s Worst Flop Issues Pledge About Job She Thirsted For

The failed MAGA mouthpiece was rumored to be plotting a comeback.

MAGA flop Katie Zacharia has issued a shock new pledge about the Trump-adjacent job she thirsted for.

Zacharia, 41, was the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it White House Press Secretary for just five days last month, supremely botching the role as President Trump’s key mouthpiece.

She did, however, set a record for the briefest role as White House press secretary in history. Her debut briefing on Oct. 13 lasted a mere 14 minutes, and she fielded only three questions and accidentally called her husband “my president.”

Her fate was sealed when even Fox News host Sean Hannity uncharacteristically questioned her abilities in a humiliating interview, with Zacharia exiting the role the following day.

While the critical role remains vacant, Zacharia quickly shut down claims that surfaced Monday that she wanted a make-good shot to do the job properly and impress Trump’s new chief of staff, Stephen Miller.

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A new report in The New York Post cited three close sources to Trump who said Zacharia was undertaking a charm offensive on Miller. It also claimed she took on the role of helping anchor election coverage for Right Side Broadcasting Network in the vain hope that the president would be impressed by her talents, let her do some damage control, and return to the White House.

“She said it out loud,” the Post quoted the source saying. “It’s absurd. Truly embarrassing.”

Zacharia dismissed the report on Monday, telling TMZ, “I maintain a loyal and great relationship with the President, but this story is utterly fake.”

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The Republican then attacked the Rupert Murdoch-owned Post, adding, “They’re spreading abject lies from anonymous sources. Reporters that are complicit in continuing to spread fake news and lies are a big problem and are a part of why people don’t trust the media. I am not auditioning for the role.”

She had not finished trying to correct the narrative, sharing TMZ’s story on her X account, saying the publication is “correcting DC beltway lies from `anonymous sources.’”

Taking another swing at the media, she said, “Reporters and outlets pushing abject falsehoods from anonymous sources are complicit in the fake news machine—and a big reason Americans no longer trust the media. I’m not auditioning for the role. Claims that I’m trying to get my old job back as President Trump’s White House Press Secretary are utterly fake.”

She put some sentences in bold, seemingly for impact.

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Zacharia was also active in the comment section under her post, defending TMZ “for correcting the dc beltway filth.” Another X user told her, “given the s---show at the White House” she would be “out of your mind” to think about returning to the job.

The user added, “People are calling you Madam Secretary. So just walk away, take care of your family, and enjoy the title for the rest of your life.” Zacharia replied only with the rolling-on-the-floor laughing emoji.

Around an hour later, Zacharia was still discussing the report on X. “I find it quite ironic that after Friday’s Chief of Staff change—Susie out, Miller in—the only thing these ‘anonymous White House sources’ can do is leak more fake news about me. Sad!”

On Monday, President Trump again claimed offering the press secretary role to UFC CEO Dana White was a joke that went wrong.

After being called up by Trump, White took to the famous podium and stated “I have zero political aspirations.”

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When asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins if he had declined the job, White said, “I don’t tell the president ‘no’ to anything. No, I didn’t say ‘No’. Literally every media outlet was calling me and I didn’t want to be disrespectful and say anything until he said something first.”

Trump made the post on Truth Social on Saturday. He explained on Monday, “We were having a very bad press day and I said... ‘I think I’m going to get Dana White to be my new press secretary.’”

Even though he posted the claim on social media, Trump said, “I sent it to a group of the press and that was it... and then they wrote the story as though I wasn’t kidding... anyway we thought we’d have a little fun and we bought Dana here. He would be fantastic.”

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

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