‘JD wanted to chat with us real quick’: How Trump’s press secretary was fired mid-interview

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was in the middle of an interview with The Wall Street Journal when President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jason Miller knocked on her office door and told her that Vice President JD Vance wanted to speak with her.“JD wanted to chat with us real quick,” Miller told Zacharia, who was discussing her plans for the role at her West Wing desk shortly before 1 pm on Friday, the Journal reported. The account was also shared on X by WSJ journalist Philip Melanchthon Wegmann.Zacharia left the interview and never returned, with the interruption marking the end of her five-day stint as White House press secretary, the Journal reported. Her departure came just days after she took over the role following Karoline Leavitt’s exit.The development came as Trump was speaking to reporters before departing for Georgia. He said he had advised Zacharia to reconsider taking the job.“I said, ‘Is this for you, Katie? Because honestly, you don’t need this’,” Trump said, adding that he had encouraged her to think again about the role.A difficult first weekZacharia’s short tenure followed a difficult first appearance at the White House briefing room podium on Tuesda...