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Trump humiliates top aide as insider warns of first-term chaos: report
What happened
President Donald Trump chose conservative commentator Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary without consulting chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to AlterNet’s account of Daily Mail reporting. Four unnamed sources said the decision took roughly 72 hours and lacked the expected vetting process. Trump reportedly acted after seeing Zacharia on Fox News, consulted Boris Epshteyn and outgoing press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and personally offered Zacharia the job.
Wiles had reportedly preferred commentator Scott Jennings and expected Trump to wait until after the…
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