The Daily Herold: 10/13/26 - Katie Zacharia’s First Briefing, Guilfoyle Out & Trump’s Diesel Deal
Jon Herold opens with Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing, and it was a rough one. Jon plays clips from her opening statement and the questions that followed, including the moment she mixed up her president and her husband, and the awkward exchange when a reporter asked where she passed the bar exam. He compares her to Karoline Leavitt and Kayleigh McEnany, floats a theory about why someone with her history of Q and devolution posts would be put front and center, and says the real test is whether her next briefing gets any better. Then it's on to Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation…
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