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"Donald Trump has recently announced his official new press secretary, and unfortunately for Scott Jennings, it is not Scott Jennings. The lady taking Carolyn Levitt's place is named Katie Zachariah, and she is about as MAGA as it gets. She made her debut appearance on Fox News just this morning and"
[0:00] Donald Trump has recently announced his official new press secretary, and unfortunately for Scott
[0:05] Jennings, it is not Scott Jennings. The lady taking Carolyn Levitt's place is named Katie
[0:11] Zachariah, and she is about as MAGA as it gets. She made her debut appearance on Fox News just
[0:21] this morning and made a terrible sales pitch to the American people, not just begging them to
[0:26] give Trump credit for, I don't know what, but demanding that they give him credit. You need
[0:32] to start giving God Emperor Trump credit, and we have to talk about this unhinged interview.
[0:38] But before we do, if you end up liking this video and you want to support the channel,
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[0:45] As Mediate notes, quote, people need to start giving him credit. Trump's new White House press
[0:50] secretary casts doubt on his low polling even before she officially starts the gig. Katie
[0:56] Zachariah hit the ground running on Saturday, casting doubt on Donald Trump's low polling and
[1:01] telling Republicans they need to, quote, step up more. And she doesn't even officially start as
[1:05] White House press secretary until Monday. Zachariah joined Fox and Friends weekend following the
[1:11] announcement that she'd be stepping into the White House role previously filled by Caroline Levitt.
[1:16] Zachariah is a senior advisor with Trump Media, and she had a brief stint with the Department of
[1:19] Homeland Security earlier this year. So I'll also point out, by the way, she told Jesse Waters,
[1:27] quote, I'm looking forward to, quote, working more with you. Again, basically just ripping the
[1:32] Band-Aid off and revealing to the American people that there is an incestuous relationship with the
[1:37] Trump administration and Fox News. They're basically two limbs on the same body. But I digress.
[1:44] Let's start with these clips of Katie Zachariah on Fox News, and let's see if she's got the stuff to
[1:48] replace Carolyn Levitt. And though there are frustrations with some, President Trump has
[1:54] never been unambiguous. He is an American first, America first president. He is putting America
[1:59] at interest first, American citizens first with this deal. And we will have cheaper gas,
[2:04] cheaper groceries with this diesel deal. You know, Katie, it's really interesting,
[2:08] the criticism. He's getting it from the left. He's getting it from the right. He's getting it from
[2:12] that ingrate Zelensky, who keeps blowing up refineries and making things more complicated
[2:19] for the president ahead of the. So funny. Rachel Campos Duffy would not have been calling
[2:23] Zelensky an ingrate during the Biden years and certainly not during the first year of the war.
[2:28] Zelensky is blowing up Russian refineries and oil because it's an act of self-defense. He did not
[2:33] start this war. Russia invaded Ukraine, and he's desperate to try to get Russia to back off. But
[2:39] Rachel Campos Duffy doesn't give a damn about that because she's worried that Zelensky engaging
[2:45] in self-defense will materially harm the Republicans in the upcoming midterms, a fear that Trump himself
[2:51] also has. And so she's just like, basically, no, you just need to let Russia run roughshod and conquer
[2:56] your country if the alternative is doing things which may or may not impact the midterms. I do appreciate
[3:04] her calling out the fact that this is getting criticism from the left and the right, because even some
[3:09] conservatives have acknowledged this is, you know, potentially an impeachable offense and potentially
[3:13] violative of federal law and also just really despicable on its face. But I digress. Let's
[3:20] continue. What the people on the left and right are worried about and Zelensky too, these are people
[3:26] who want war, who say a deal with Russia on diesel could possibly mean we might get an end to the
[3:33] Ukraine war, which would be amazing. We could spend less money there. We could stop killing. I mean,
[3:39] there has been a million kids killed on the Russian side, a million on the Ukraine side.
[3:45] This could be good, not just for diesel prices, but if you care about peace and saving lives.
[3:51] Yeah, I agree, Rachel. And listen, President Trump solved eight conflicts in under 12 months in his
[3:57] first year. God bless him.
[3:59] And he will ask.
[4:00] So again, that's not true. It's been debunked to hell and back. He did not end
[4:03] eight conflicts. There is no indication that this deal would somehow end at the Russia-Ukraine
[4:09] war, unless you mean just giving Russia the permission structure to run roughshod over
[4:13] Zelensky, Kiev and Ukraine. Maybe that's what you mean. But again, Rachel Campos stuff is incredibly
[4:19] stupid. But worse, she's also really dishonest as even right wing Twitter notes because they slapped
[4:25] this clip with a fact check community note. No evidence supports Ukraine killing, quote,
[4:29] a million kids on Russia's side. U.N. has verified roughly 820 child deaths in total in Ukraine since
[4:36] February 2022, most attributed to Russian attacks, not the reverse. So, yeah, just categorically
[4:44] false. So let's go back to the clips and hear a bit more from the new press secretary.
[4:50] Yeah, I agree, Rachel. And listen, President Trump solved eight conflicts in under 12 months in his
[4:56] first year. God bless him. And he will absolutely bring an end to this under his term. And I am in full
[5:03] agreement with you that this deal is not actually deleterious to bringing peace. In fact, it works
[5:09] towards peace. And I believe he's showing that he's going to be able to work a deal here. I fully trust
[5:13] him. He did it with Venezuela and he did it with the way he's doing it with Canada and he did it with
[5:18] Greenland. So I think we're going to see some historic wins and President Trump is going to deliver
[5:23] that. We just have to make sure we continue winning on these races. And going back to his rally in
[5:29] Syracuse, I've never seen so much energy during the midterms. And during all of these races, I worked
[5:35] in the 06 midterms, which we did lose. And I have never seen a president ever work this hard for
[5:42] midterm races.
[5:43] No, that was embarrassing. OK, she's basically having a stroke here on. You know, I just I think that
[5:49] he definitely not not deleterious at all. I think that it good he do this. And and I listen,
[6:03] take it from me. We got we need win more races and and definitely white race. Definitely. I
[6:12] imagine she'd say something like that. What else? Oh, and I worked the I worked 06. I mean,
[6:18] we lost that one. But I and that's the one that that everyone compares this one to.
[6:26] But I'm sure it'll be it'll it'll it it will be different. That's not a great start. So again,
[6:34] right now, listen, hater as much as you do. And I totally understand it. She was awful as a human
[6:40] being. But Carolyn Levitt was a much more capable speaker than this. But let's see another clip.
[6:47] How good do you feel right now that in the next four weeks, you all will be able to make
[6:54] your case to the American people? Well, President Trump has made the case and
[7:00] delivered historic results. I would have loved to see more from our congressional Republicans
[7:04] and Senate. I think President Trump has done everything in his power to do that. Look,
[7:09] I believe I don't know how much I believe all of the polling numbers. Yeah, I look across the
[7:14] spectrum on all these races. And even if you just touched down in Michigan with Mike Rogers and El
[7:19] Said, El Said has come out just for a little example, on no topics for Michiganders. He is talking
[7:26] all DSA talking points. He's not talking about the auto industry jobs, anything that actually matters
[7:31] to someone in Michigan. He's not part of DSA, not a member of DSA. He's not endorsed by the DSA. He has
[7:39] no relationship with the DSA. He's certainly a progressive, but he talks about health care costs.
[7:44] He talks about civil liberties. He talks about the economy. That came up quite a bit during
[7:48] the debate. So, I mean, Katie Zachariah, she's obviously a liar on par with Carolyn Levitt.
[7:55] Like her ability, I mean, her predilection towards lying is obviously there. Does she have the ability
[8:01] to persuasively and cogently lie? That remains to be seen. So far, it's not looking good.
[8:07] And Mike Rogers is offering solution. And President Trump has come out behind these candidates
[8:12] and said, I'm going to support them. I'm going to support the America First candidates
[8:15] and those who are going to deliver results. And so that is going to, I hope, be effectuated
[8:20] by the time the election rolls around in November. But President Trump, not only do we have Russia,
[8:25] but he also went to the G7 and negotiated that. So people need to start giving him credit for his
[8:31] multifaceted approach and how he's trying to bring down prices almost unilaterally all by
[8:37] himself. I mean, those Foxos don't seem impressed. Number one, almost like stunned at the train wreck
[8:43] here. Number one and number two, again, not particularly cogent. And number three,
[8:48] just ordering people to give him credit. You need to give him credit. Losers. James Singer notes,
[8:54] woof, White House midterms closing argument. The election is a referendum on Trump. Well,
[8:59] yeah, it is. Prices aren't higher. They are. Whine about Trump not getting credit. Yes,
[9:04] for the high prices, corruption and war lie because Trump is watching, of course. And I will also point
[9:09] out that ever since she was announced, I mean, there's been a bunch of investigative reports.
[9:14] And right now, the Bulwark has a really good one going into the unhinged, deleted tweets of Katie
[9:20] Zachariah. So, for example, in 2025, she called for Stephen Miller and the Trump administration to
[9:26] suspend habeas corpus, which is the right of people to know why they're being arrested.
[9:30] Uh, she also says, um, uh, that the federal government under Trump should take over California.
[9:37] So it should basically overthrow the Californian government, uh, overthrow Governor Newsom and
[9:41] just seize direct control. Um, also advocating for Trump to run for a third term. So she's a
[9:49] lunatic and a liar, at least on par with Carolyn Levitt in that respect. But so far, she's just a
[9:54] really, really bad communicator, unlike Carolyn Levitt. And apparently another deleted tweet,
[10:00] 2026 midterms will be a bloodbath if we don't shift course now. So as much as she's trying to
[10:05] hype up the midterms, maybe that's why she couldn't make the case persuasively because
[10:09] she knows deep down, uh, it's not going to go well for the GOP based on the data. And now
[10:14] she has to lie and pretend that she thinks it does. In the meantime, let me know what you think
[10:19] in the comments.