{"id":387789,"date":"2026-10-14T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/katie-zacharia-holds-awkward-debut-briefing-as-trumps-press-secretary\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:00:56","slug":"katie-zacharia-holds-awkward-debut-briefing-as-trumps-press-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/katie-zacharia-holds-awkward-debut-briefing-as-trumps-press-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Zacharia holds awkward debut briefing as Trump&#8217;s press secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tdLdq03Ov3s\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Zacharia holds awkward debut briefing as Trump's press secretary\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdLdq03Ov3s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia faced reporters for the first time on Tuesday, delivering a brief 14-minute briefing and taking questions from just three media outlets.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>In her opening remarks, she praised Donald Trump\u2019s energy policies, saying he had restored US &#8216;energy dominance&#8217;, and credited his tariffs with stopping China from producing fentanyl precursor chemicals. 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