Trump Team’s Brutal Texts Trashing Katie Zacharia Are Leaked

Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary has been savaged by her own team, according to leaked messages.

Katie Zacharia is the latest Trump official to switch from Fox News and, on Tuesday, delivered her first press address.

She looked uncomfortable behind the podium vacated by Karoline Leavitt in August, stumbled through her script, called the president her husband, and took questions from only three reporters before leaving after 14 minutes.

Trump and the White House communications team say they were impressed by the debut, but some of her colleagues don’t feel the same, according to the Daily Mail .

One senior Trump administration official put it bluntly, saying: “She could barely read.” Another insider said: “She looked as if she was handed a sheet of paper at the last minute and wasn’t prepared properly.” Another suggested that the 41-year-old was purposely thrown to the wolves.

“So who in the building wanted to see her fail?” they said.

A senior administration official suggested that her very hiring is symptomatic of a deeper issue.

“Her hiring and the briefing shows this White House is collapsing now that they’re facing real pressure,” they said, referencing Trump’s war in Iran as they added, “They have no idea who to hire.

We’re entering wartime, and they’re completely unequipped.” One GOP communications expert didn’t even bother with words, opting instead for emojis to denote a dumpster fire.

Another White House insider chose a more hopeful outlook.

“Look, Katie has never done that before, and I think it’s insane for the press shop to just throw someone to the wolves like that,” they said.

“But it always gets better.” White House communications director Steven Cheung said Zacharia is a “wonderful addition to the team.” It comes as the mother of four faces questions over legal credentials she appears to have made up.

In short, she did not pass the bar exam, despite claiming to be a lawyer.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Zacharia failed the bar exam in 2011 after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school.