White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.
\n\nThe White House on Friday confirmed that Katie Zacharia is leaving her role as press secretary after less than a week in the job, drawing comparisons with Anthony Scaramucci, whose brief stint in the first Trump administration became a political byword for a short tenure. President Donald Trump had announced her appointment on 9 October, with her official start date on Monday.
\n\nHer departure after five days makes her tenure shorter than Scaramucci's 11 days as White House communications director in July 2017. The term "Scaramucci" has since been used informally to measure short-lived appointments in US politics.
\n\nScaramucci responded to Zacharia's departure in a post on X on Friday.
\n\n"Dear @katiezacharia — speaking as the world's leading expert on short White House tenures: turn off the news and go enjoy your family. In time you’ll realize that the Universe did you a major favor," he wrote.
\n\nZacharia's brief time in the role followed a press briefing that attracted criticism, questions about whether she was a lawyer and an interview with Fox News presenter Sean Hannity.
\n\nTrump later said Hannity had been "a little bit tough" on her during the interview.
\n\nCorbin Trent, a…
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