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Latest Trump hire failed a 'make or break' test almost immediately: report
What happened
AlterNet, citing MS NOW, reports that newly appointed White House press secretary Katie Zacharia struggled during her first briefing on Tuesday. In a 14-minute appearance, she reportedly relied heavily on a binder and answered only three questions, all from conservative-leaning outlets. Anonymous White House officials described the performance as poor and questioned whether she could keep the job.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung publicly called the briefing “amazing and effective” and dismissed contrary accounts as uninformed or fabricated. One America News…
The skinny
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