Trump's new spokeswoman is leaving her post after just a few days in office

Katie Zacharia has been US President Donald Trump's press secretary since Monday. Now she is giving up her position again. Zacharia will vacate the post, a high-ranking government official confirmed to the dpa news agency. Trump said he was in no hurry to name a successor, Fox News reported.

Trump himself told reporters that he had suggested that Zacharias consider resigning. "I said to her, 'Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider. Think about it, but I would reconsider,'" he told reporters outside the White House. He wanted to leave it up to her whether Zacharia remained in office.

However, several US media outlets reported that he had fired her.

Designation as a lawyer - even without an exam

Her professional qualifications had sparked a debate in recent days and put her under massive pressure. Zacharia admitted in an interview with Fox News that she had failed the bar exam.

Nevertheless, the qualified lawyer described herself as a lawyer: Zacharia had explained that she had been told that she could still call herself “lawyer”, but not “attorney”. While "attorney" definitely requires a license to practice law, "lawyer" is also sometimes used in US parlance for law graduates - but can also be legally problematic under certain circumstances. Trump himself introduced her as “attorney” when she was appointed.

Short appearance with a slip of the tongue

Just last Friday, Trump appointed Zacharia as the successor to Karoline Leavitt, who justified her resignation with her family.

Zacharia started her job on Monday and gave her first press conference on Tuesday. In her first appearance, which only lasted 14 minutes, she made a lot of mistakes and seemed ill-prepared.

Trump sees media to blame

The US President blamed the media for the debacle: they had handled his new spokeswoman "very badly," he said. Trump just wants her to be happy and she has suffered a lot in the past few days.

When she was appointed, Trump praised Zacharias as a "loyal and brilliant supporter." She is also “a devoted fan and member” of his Make America Great Again, or MAGA for short, movement. Before becoming White House spokeswoman, Zacharia worked as a communications consultant at Trump's media company, which runs the presidential platform Truth Social.