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Katie Zacharia holds awkward debut briefing as Trump's press secretary

LongNews & Politics

Published Oct 13, 2026

Guardian News4M subs · United Kingdom

Views

568K

Likes

747

Speed /h

4K

+24h

+10K

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Views over time

Views gained each hour, UTC

Views: 568.4K
Best hour: +8.5K
At 24 hours: 264.3K
At 7 days: –

46 of 135 hours read. A gap is an hour we didn’t read close enough to say, not an hour without views.

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Position

Speed percentile: 30 / 100
Category percentile: 72 / 100
×base: ×27
Channel typical: 21K · median

Dynamics

Phase: fading
Acceleration: 0.06×
Momentum: ×0.45
Decay: 0.94
Speed half-life: 7d

Engagement

Like rate: 0.13%
Comments per 1k views: 1.16
Engagement rate: 0.25%
Views per subscriber: 0.14×
Crossed a language border: No

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Published: Oct 13, 2026, 11:53 PM
Duration: 3:02
Category: News & Politics
Audio language: English (en-US)
Title language: English (en-US)
Captions: No
Definition: HD
Format: 2D
License: Standard YouTube
Licensed content: Yes
Embeddable: Yes
Made for kids: No
Age-restricted: No
Paid promotion: No
Public stats: Yes

Topics

Politics
Society

Title and description in 1 languages

English

Recorded at

The White House · 38.898, -77.037

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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. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 In her opening remarks, she praised Donald Trump’s energy policies, saying he had restored US 'energy dominance', and credited his tariffs with stopping China from producing fentanyl precursor chemicals. Asked how she would balance the demanding role with family life, Zacharia said missing evenings with her children wasn't acceptable before mistakenly referring to her husband as 'my president' and correcting herself, 'excuse me, my husband' Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/katie-zacharia-new-white-house-press-secretary-trump?CMP=yt_gn Trump says he picked ‘devoted fan’ Katie Zacharia to be next press secretary ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/katie-zacharia-trump-press-briefing?CMP=yt_gn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Today in Focus ► www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast Stateside ► www.youtube.com/@statesidepodcast Politics Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@politicsweekly Science Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@scienceweeklypod Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #katiezacharia #trump #presssecretary #donaldtrump #usa #politicsShow all

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. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 In her opening remarks, she praised Donald Trump’s energy policies, saying he had restored US 'energy dominance', and credited his tariffs with stopping China from producing fentanyl precursor chemicals. Asked how she would balance the demanding role with family life, Zacharia said missing evenings with her children wasn't acceptable before mistakenly referring to her husband as 'my president' and correcting herself, 'excuse me, my husband' Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/katie-zacharia-new-white-house-press-secretary-trump?CMP=yt_gn Trump says he picked ‘devoted fan’ Katie Zacharia to be next press secretary ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/katie-zacharia-trump-press-briefing?CMP=yt_gn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Today in Focus ► www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast Stateside ► www.youtube.com/@statesidepodcast Politics Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@politicsweekly Science Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@scienceweeklypod Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #katiezacharia #trump #presssecretary #donaldtrump #usa #politics

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