Katie Zacharia Gets Sad Consolation Prize After Firing

Kylie Cooper / REUTERS Katie Zacharia, who lasted less than a week as White House press secretary, will end her final day in the role dining with JD Vance and his family.

Donald Trump on Friday fired Zacharia, who set a record for the shortest-tenured press secretary in either of the president’s terms.

Trump publicly blamed the media for making her “suffer,” and said the 41-year-old mother of four would be better off not being subjected to their scrutiny.

“She’s got a beautiful husband and family,” Trump, 80, told reporters outside the White House.

“I met the family yesterday.

Beautiful kids.

It’s like from a picture postcard.

And I said, ‘You should reconsider because you don’t want to go through this.’” After her embarrassing exit, Zacharia and her family are scheduled for a dinner date with Vance, 42, Second Lady Usha, 40, and their children at the vice president’s official residence on the grounds of the U.S.

Naval Observatory in northwest Washington.

Zacharia “still has lots of fans” in the administration besides the president, Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle wrote on X, citing a source familiar who relayed the dinner plans.

A source familiar confirmed the gathering with the Daily Beast.

The vice president’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Vances, married since 2014, also have four children: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, Mirabel, 4, and Alec, born in July.

Trump, oddly, shared a photograph of the newborn before the Vances did.