Questions were swirling about how Katie Zacharia got the job as The White House press secretary and if she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer having failed the Bar exam.
After President Donald Trump said he strongly encouraged her to rethink taking the job, Katie Zacharia lasted just five days as the White House Press Secretary.
Trump told reporters on Friday: "I said to her, ‘honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider.’
"I told her, 'I think you're better off being happy.' I want her to have a good life. I don't want her to have a life like she's led the last three days."
He indicated that they were to discuss the issue when he returned from an event in Georgia, and shortly afterwards, it was confirmed she was departing the job.
Another former White House communications director who only served for a short time is Anthony Scaramucci, who posted a message of support to Zacharia on his X profile.
He wrote: "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 realise that the Universe did you a major favour."
Speaking on her controversial run in The White House with The Hard Shoulder, law lecturer at University of Galway and Columnist with the Journal, Larry Donnelly compared the two press secretaries and their short tenures in the role.
He said: "Anthony Scaramucci lasted 10 days on the job. I'm going to be blunt. I mean, it was a tough job, but he was a total disaster.
Her [Zacharia] debut was a disaster. I mean, anyone who saw it, she was there 13 or 14 minutes head down reading off a script. I mean, it was terrible.
"If we look at the conjecture as to who was going to succeed, Caroline Leavitt, this woman wasn't even on the [list].
"I don't know what went through Trump's mind in appointing her."
Mr Donnelly added that Trump was likely reluctant to remove her from the role as it demonstrated instability but she was "weak" and in his opinion, leaving here in the role could have gone "pear shaped".
Main image: The White House when the fountain was dyed green for St Patrick's Day Pic: Alamy Stock Photo
