"No Rush" to Name a Replacement Press Secretary

President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and hardworking man. I wish more Americans appreciated him. No one will ever make America great the way he has and continues to. It was an honor to work for him. https://t.co/Tp4NizrhE2

— Katie Zacharia (@KatieZacharia) October 17, 2026

.@POTUS: "@KatieZacharia has been treated very badly by the media — very, very badly. Very unfairly." https://t.co/DUx6f2ZCMb

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2026

Reporter: “Were you upset that she didn't DISCLOSE passing the bar, or not passing the bar?” President Trump: “Well, I wasn't hiring her to be a lawyer. I was hiring her to be a press secretary. But nobody really went crazy over that. I would say it probably wouldn't have mattered. I know many people, many people, many very smart people. Some of them take the bar exam four times… But I wasn't hiring her as a lawyer. I hired her as a president. And she's been very good. You know, she's been loyal to me from day one for a long time. But it's not an easy job.” “I think she was really treated very unfairly. So I'll speak to her about it. I told her, I think you're better off being happy. And I'm not sure you could ever be happy in this job. There's nothing easy about this job.” POTUS is 100% right. Katie is a loyal patriot who didn’t deserve this.

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) October 16, 2026

… mattered. I know many people, many people, many very smart people. Some of them take the bar exam four times… But I wasn't hiring her as a lawyer. I hired her as a president. And she's been very good. You know, she's been loyal to me from day one for a long time. But it's not an easy job.”

“I think she was really treated very unfairly. So I'll speak to her about it. I told her, I think you're better off being happy. And I'm not sure you could ever be happy in this job. There's nothing easy about this job.”

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump tells Peter Doocy he is in "NO RUSH" to name a replacement press secretary "The gist of it is they haven't had a press secretary for a couple of weeks since Karoline Leavitt left, and the president thinks things have been going okay. As for potential replacements, there is no short list at the moment." @pdoocy

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 16, 2026

… replacements, there is no short list at the moment."