Katie Zacharia Sparks Exit Speculation After Car Crash Debut
JIM WATSON / Jim Watson, Getty Images Kalshi bettors are already predicting the exit of Donald Trump’s new press secretary.
The bet was created at 10:05 a.m.
Tuesday, just minutes after Katie Zacharia, 41, wrapped up her inaugural press conference, which lasted less than 14 minutes.
Prediction markets give Zacharia a 2 percent chance of leaving her post in the next week, but a 99 percent chance of exiting before Jan.
1, 2027, according to the betting site.
In her rocky debut briefing, the new press secretary praised the president, listing his accomplishments, and then took just three questions from reporters.
“President Trump is fighting and delivering for American workers every minute of every day,” Zacharia gushed about her boss.
The conservative commentator also delivered the news that the White House has asked U.S.
Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign.
“She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well,” Zacharia said, without providing any further details.
The news comes after Guilfoyle, who was previously engaged to Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was accused of pressuring a donor to pay her $100,000 credit card bill in exchange for access to President Trump.
Zacharia appeared uncomfortable behind the podium, pausing awkwardly and smiling uncomfortably as she read from a prepared script.
In a perhaps Freudian slip, the press secretary mixed up Trump and her husband.
“This idea of not spending evenings with my kids is completely unacceptable, so my president, excuse me, my husband is out here...” she told reporters.
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