新任白宫新闻秘书扎卡里亚首场简报会14分钟结束：称要「放大」总统声音，特朗普当面赞「非常好」
华盛顿——新任白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚10月13日上午在白宫詹姆斯·布雷迪简报室举行上任后首场记者会，全程约14分钟，只回答了三家媒体的提问便告结束。她在开场时说：「能为特朗普总统和美国人民出任白宫新闻秘书，我深感荣幸。我要感谢特朗普总统对我的信任。」
在开场陈述中，扎卡里亚历数本届政府重返执政以来的施政成绩，包括竞选集会、能源、关税、移民，以及工资、就业等方面的数据。她表示，自己履职的目标是「放大」总统传递的信息，并说总统是「他自己最好的发言人」。
随后约五分半钟的提问环节里，她先后请布赖特巴特新闻、福克斯新闻和《每日邮报》的记者发问。被问及美国是否已停止与乌克兰分享情报时，她表示将随后跟进答复；被问及她的工作是否是为共和党的中期选举助阵时，她说，自己要做的就是把特朗普总统的议程「放大、增倍并扩展」，并表示总统计划举行更多集会，包括前往佐治亚、肯塔基和佛罗里达等州。她还表示，将保留并扩大前任设立的简报室「新媒体席位」。
在这场简报会上，扎卡里亚宣布白宫已要求驻希腊大使金伯莉·吉尔福伊尔辞职，称她是「团队的一笔宝贵财富」；吉尔福伊尔被要求辞职一事，本站今日早前已有报道。
扎卡里亚最后以总统即将启程为由结束记者会：「事实上，我要就此结束了，因为特朗普总统正要前往海军陆战队一号，开启我们此次历史性的阿拉斯加之行，我们可以在那儿把所有问题都问他。」一个多小时后，特朗普离开白宫启程时，当着站在身后的扎卡里亚对记者说：「我觉得她做得很出色。非常好。」
记者会上还谈到她的家庭。扎卡里亚说，她和丈夫育有四个孩子，年龄分别为12岁、10岁、8岁和6岁，其中三个是男孩，一家人将从加州迁往华盛顿。她说，自己在2014年至2020年间曾在家照顾孩子；工作再忙，孩子始终是她最优先的考虑。谈及丈夫时，她一度口误说出「我的总统」，随即更正为「我是说，我丈夫」，多家媒体都记录了这一细节。
扎卡里亚现年41岁，拥有佩珀代因大学法学学位，曾任福克斯新闻和Newsmax的评论员；今年早些时候，她曾短暂担任国土安全部发言人，其后出任运营Truth Social的特朗普媒体与科技集团高级传播顾问。特朗普10月9日宣布对她的任命，她10月12日正式就任，13日上午9时30分举行首场记者会。她的上一任卡罗琳·莱维特已于8月离任，将加入福克斯新闻频道。
New Press Secretary Zacharia Ends First Briefing in 14 Minutes; Trump Praises Her Debut
WASHINGTON — Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, held her first briefing on the morning of October 13 in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, wrapping up after about 14 minutes and taking questions from just three news outlets. "I am so honored to work for President Trump and the American people as the new White House press secretary," she said as she began. "I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me."
In her opening statement, Zacharia ran through what she described as the administration's successes since returning to office, citing campaign rallies, energy, tariffs and immigration, along with figures on wages and jobs. She said her goal in the job is to "amplify" what the president is doing, and added that the president is "his own best spokesperson."
During roughly five and a half minutes of questions, she called on reporters from Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail. Asked whether the United States had stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, she said she would follow up with an answer. Asked whether her job was to help Republicans in the midterm elections, she said she intended to "amplify, multiply and expand upon" President Trump's agenda, and noted that the president planned more rallies, including stops in Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. She also said she would keep and expand the "new media seat" in the briefing room introduced by her predecessor.
At the briefing, Zacharia announced that the White House had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign, calling her "a wonderful asset to the team." GSM reported on the Guilfoyle development earlier today.
Zacharia closed by saying: "In fact, I am going to end it because President Trump is heading out to Marine One for our historic trip to Alaska, and we can ask him all of the questions out there." More than an hour later, as Trump departed the White House with Zacharia standing behind him, he told reporters: "I thought she did excellent. She did very good."
The briefing also touched on her family. Zacharia said she and her husband have four children, ages 12, 10, 8 and 6, three of them boys, and that the family will relocate to Washington from California. She said she had stayed home with her children from 2014 to 2020, and that however demanding the work, her children would always be a priority. At one point, while talking about her husband, she misspoke — "my president, excuse me, my husband" — a slip noted by multiple outlets covering the briefing.
Zacharia, 41, holds a law degree from Pepperdine University and has worked as a commentator on Fox News and Newsmax. Earlier this year she briefly served as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, and she most recently worked as a senior communications advisor at Trump Media & Technology Group, the company that runs Truth Social. President Trump announced her appointment on October 9; she took office on October 12 and held her first briefing at 9:30 a.m. on October 13. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who left the post in August and is joining Fox News Channel.
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