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Back上任僅五天便下台,特朗普的白宮新聞秘書出了甚麼問題?
上任僅五天便下台,特朗普的白宮新聞秘書出了甚麼問題?
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上任僅五天便下台,特朗普的白宮新聞秘書出了甚麼問題?

在經歷了一場災難性的記者會及對其專業資格的質疑後,扎卡里亞結束了其短暫的白宮新聞秘書任期。

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凱蒂·扎卡里亞在擔任白宮新聞秘書僅五天後離職。此前她因記者會表現不佳及法律背景受質疑而面臨壓力。特朗普總統表示該職位可能不適合她,並暗示將由他本人親自處理新聞發布工作。

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白宮新聞秘書在特朗普任期內面臨極大挑戰,因總統傾向於親自發布重大消息。扎卡里亞在任期內因記者會表現及背景質疑而備受壓力。

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即使在形勢最好的時候,白宮新聞秘書也不是一份容易的工作。

而現在,顯然不是形勢最好的時候。

距離美國國會中期選舉只剩幾個星期,民調顯示,選情可能對總統特朗普及其共和黨不利。就在這個關鍵時刻,凱蒂·扎卡里亞(Katie Zacharia)接任白宮新聞秘書,一上任便要面對複雜的政治局勢。

僅僅五天後,她便離職。此前,她舉行了一場堪稱災難、全程只有14分鐘的記者會,其後多次接受媒體訪問時又表現得結結巴巴,加上外界質疑她多年來是否曾不實描述自己的法律專業資格。

到了星期五,她終於被撤換。特朗普本人在白宮一眾記者面前,以頗為迂迴的方式透露了這個消息,並講述自己當天較早前與扎卡里亞的一段對話。

特朗普稱自己對扎卡里亞說:「老實說,如果我是你,我會重新考慮(是否繼續做下去)。凱蒂,你需要這份工作嗎?我不認為你需要。」

他其後又補充,新聞秘書這份工作「也許不適合她」。

如果還有人心存疑問,白宮很快便向BBC確認,扎卡里亞將「過渡」離開目前的職位。

特朗普也許會思考扎卡里亞是否「需要」這份新聞秘書工作,但包括特朗普在內,任何總統在危機時刻,都最能體會一名稱職新聞秘書的重要性。

雖然白宮目前未必正面對一場迫在眉睫的危機,但逆境顯然愈來愈多。

全美各地的共和黨候選人,正竭力在即將舉行的選舉中保住議席。部分人正試圖與總統及其政策保持距離,令這個長期以來大致團結支持特朗普的政黨,出現新的壓力和裂痕。

與此同時,白宮亦受到連串爭議困擾,包括貪腐指控迫使美國駐希臘大使金伯莉·吉爾福伊爾(Kimberly Guilfoyle)辭職,以及原定12月公開播出一次軍事處決的計劃,在遭到兩黨廣泛反對後突然撤回。

一名老練的新聞秘書,或許能協助白宮避過這些政治地雷,同時在媒體關注迅速升溫之際,繼續傳達白宮希望對外宣揚的信息。

卡羅琳·萊維特(Karoline Leavitt)從特朗普第二個總統任期開始便擔任新聞秘書,直至今年8月,在誕下第二名孩子數月後辭職。她相當擅長站在白宮新聞簡報室的講台上為政府辯護,同時避免出現失誤,並與記者維持良好工作關係。

與缺乏經驗的扎卡里亞定相比,她的表現定下了很高的標準。扎卡里亞不但未能達到,甚至遠遠未能接近這一水平,儘管她其實從未真正獲得多少時間證明自己。

她失敗之快令人驚訝,創下現代白宮新聞秘書任期最短的紀錄。

扎卡里亞星期二在記者會上表現得吞吞吐吐,加上外界對她法律背景的質疑,基本上已注定了她的命運。

其後幾次面對媒體的表現也未能扭轉局面,其中包括星期四接受保守派評論員肖恩·漢尼蒂(Sean Hannity)訪問時遭到不太友善的對待。特朗普表示,他有收看這次訪問。

特朗普擔任總統期間,某程度上一直充當自己的新聞秘書,無論是在橢圓形辦公室、白宮草坪,還是機場停機坪,只要他身處何地,都可能親自宣布重大消息,甚至改變政策。

扎卡里亞自己在獲選加入白宮前,也曾提到這個現象。她在X上發文說:「特朗普總統不需要發言人。他自己就是最好的新聞秘書。」

現在,他將不得不如此。

然而,特朗普喜歡即興發言的作風,在他的兩個總統任期內,一直令新聞秘書的工作格外困難。

他的新聞秘書有時剛公開作出表態,便會被總統其後的言論推翻。另一些時候,他們甚至根本沒有被告知重要決策。

而那些能夠有效履行職務的人,既懂得在風高浪急時站穩陣腳,也能改善白宮與媒體的關係,向追問不休的記者提供背景和脈絡,同時協助平息正在醞釀的爭議。

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  • 誰將接任白宮新聞秘書一職?
  • 扎卡里亞法律背景質疑的具體細節為何?

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