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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is on the way — a week after he tapped her for the post.
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn as he left for a rally in Georgia, Trump said he had spoken with Zacharia and that he felt she did not deserve what he called negative media coverage.
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Recounting what was said in that conversation, the president added: “I told her, ‘I think you better be happy,'” Trump said.
“We’re talking about — 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,” Trump said.
He added: “I said, Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.”
The president said he would make a final determination later, perhaps after his campaign trip, adding, “When I get back, we’ll talk.”
He also said, “I told Katie, in my opinion, she was treated very unfairly,” Trump said, noting that Zacharia was “brutalized by the media.”
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