The President's New Chief Spokesperson Worked for a Trump Company and Amplified Conspiracy Theories
Katie Zacharia worked for one of Trump's companies and raised her profile appearing on conservative-leaning talk shows, NPR reports. She also amplified right-wing conspiracy theories. She is now the president's chief spokesperson.
The route to the podium, then, ran through the boss's business and the friendly-TV circuit rather than a communications office or a newsroom. That is a distinctive résumé for the job of speaking for the president.
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The résumé line that matters isn't the company job — it's the talk-show habit, the practice of making the case to a sympathetic audience.
Or the only real qualification is proximity: working inside a Trump company and being trusted enough that the podium follows. The conspiracy amplification may be scenery rather than part of the pitch.