新任白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚的第一周全是围绕她本人展开的，而这个职位本应围绕总统及其议程。
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s first week has been all about Katie Zacharia, when the role should be about the president and his agenda.
扎卡里亚一直处于防御状态，包括在接受总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友采访时，最明显的是周四晚上，特朗普的老朋友肖恩·汉尼蒂在福克斯新闻频道反复质疑她。
Zacharia has been on the defensive, including in interviews with President Donald Trump’s allies, most starkly on Thursday night when the president’s longtime friend Sean Hannity repeatedly challenged her on Fox.
福克斯的这种审视持续到了周五，出现在总统最喜欢的早晨节目上，这反映出人们对她未来能否代表总统的严重怀疑。
The scrutiny from Fox, which continued Friday on the president’s favorite morning show, reflects serious skepticism about her ability to represent the president going forward.
汉尼蒂称扎卡里亚的首次新闻发布会时间太短，且“广受批评”。她为自己辩护，承认自己“准备时间非常少”，因为特朗普在他们第一次面对面讨论此事时才向她提供了这份工作。
Hannity called Zacharia’s all-too-brief debut press briefing “widely panned.”She defended herself by admitting she had “very little prep time” since Trump offered her the job during their first in-person meeting about it.
汉尼蒂听起来像是在事后才对扎卡里亚进行职位审查——无意中凸显了特朗普缺乏审查的问题。
Hannity sounded like he was belatedly vetting Zacharia for the job — unintentionally highlighting Trump’s lack of vetting.
特朗普在Truth Social上任命扎卡里亚的帖子称她是“一名律师”，但她未通过律师资格考试，这一事实她在周四晚上向汉尼蒂承认过。
The president’s Truth Social post appointing Zacharia called her “an attorney,” but she failed the bar exam, a fact she acknowledged to Hannity on Thursday night.
CNN的安德鲁·卡钦斯基展示了扎卡里亚近年来如何反复放大那些将她描述为律师的故事和帖子。问题最终归结为可信度——这是任何新闻秘书必备的属性。
CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski has shown how Zacharia repeatedly amplified stories and posts identifying her as an attorney in recent years. The issue ultimately comes down to credibility, an essential attribute for any press secretary.
“她既撒谎说自己是律师，又在那令人尴尬的首次亮相中表现糟糕，我不得不想象她在西翼的同事一定非常愤怒。而且我怀疑，针对她的刀已经亮出来了，”萨拉·马修斯说道。她曾在特朗普白宫担任副新闻秘书，直至2021年1月6日袭击事件当晚辞职。
“Between her lying about being an attorney and that humiliating debut, I have to imagine her West Wing colleagues are absolutely livid. And I suspect the knives are already out for her,” said Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning the night of the January 6, 2021 attack.
白宫传播主任史蒂文·钟公开为扎卡里亚辩护，称她“资历独特且反应敏捷”。周三，他写道：“在这第二个任期结束时，她将被铭记为有史以来最优秀的人物之一。”但一些白宫官员匿名质疑扎卡里亚还能在该职位上待多久。许多特朗普的批评者也把她与2017年安东尼·斯卡拉穆奇担任白宫传播主任仅11天的臭名昭著的经历相提并论。
White House communications director Steven Cheung has publicly defended Zacharia as “uniquely qualified and whip smart.”On Wednesday, he wrote, “At the end of this second term, she’ll be remembered as one of the all-time greats.”But some White House officials have anonymously questioned how long Zacharia will remain in the role. And many Trump detractors have drawn parallels to Anthony Scaramucci’s infamous 11-day stint as White House communications director in 2017.
“时间在流逝，”斯卡拉穆奇在周二的小型简报会后调侃道。但就记录而言，他预测扎卡里亚会比他自己待得更久。
“The clock is running,” Scaramucci quipped after Tuesday’s mini-briefing. But for the record, he predicted Zacharia will last longer than he did.
“她显然驾驭不了讲台，但她看起来也不像是个坏人，”斯卡拉穆奇周四晚上对CNN说。
“She clearly can’t handle the podium, but she doesn’t seem like a bad person,” Scaramucci told CNN on Thursday night.
斯卡拉穆奇的理论是，特朗普正专注于“大事和更大的人事问题”。鉴于人们普遍预期民主党在中期选举中会有所得失，他认为总统“可能”会在中期选举后“立刻”解雇幕僚长苏西·怀尔斯和国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯。
Scaramucci’s theory is that Trump is focused on “bigger things and bigger personnel problems.”Amid widespread expectations of Democratic gains in the midterm elections, he thinks the president is “likely” to remove chief of staff Susie Wiles and defense secretary Pete Hegseth “right after the midterms.”
至于扎卡里亚，他说：“她可能很快也见不到讲台，因为她还没准备好。”保守派评论员们毫不留情地批评她。播客主持人梅根·麦凯恩周五上午表示，扎卡里亚不该出现在简报室附近。
As for Zacharia, he said, “She probably won’t see the podium anytime soon because she’s not ready for that.”Conservative commentators are not holding back their criticism. Podcaster Meghan McCain said Friday morning that Zacharia shouldn’t be anywhere near a briefing room.
“目前政府面临的最大问题之一是，美国人面临的每一个问题都很严重，而他们却一直在雇佣一些极不认真的人来代表他们，”麦凯恩在X上写道。“这给人的印象是，政府根本不在乎美国人怎么想，也不认为他们的问题值得雇佣有真实经验的有能力的人。”扎卡里亚的前任卡罗琳·利维特平均每周主持一次新闻发布会。利维特在8月份辞职，时间点是在她产假结束后不久。福克斯新闻最近聘请她作为现场评论员。
“One of the biggest problems with the administration right now is every issue facing Americans is serious and all they do is keep hiring deeply unserious people to represent them,” McCain wrote on X. “It gives the impression the administration just simply doesn’t care what Americans think and that their problems aren’t worth hiring capable people with real experience.”Zacharia’s predecessor, Karoline Leavitt, held one press briefing a week on average. Leavitt stepped down in August, shortly after returning from maternity leave. Fox News recently hired her as an on-air contributor.
扎卡里亚上周五被宣布为利维特的继任者，就在她飞往华盛顿与特朗普会面讨论该职位几小时之后。
Zacharia was announced as Leavitt’s successor last Friday, hours after she flew to Washington to meet with Trump about the position.
总统引用了她“对其总统职位的无瑕支持记录”以及她经常出现在电视上的情况。
The president cited her “unblemished record of support” for his presidency and her regular TV appearances.
扎卡里亚的有线电视新闻资历已得到广泛认可。她居住在加利福尼亚州与家人同住期间，曾是有线电视上广受欢迎的MAGA捍卫者，包括在CNN上的表现。
Zacharia’s cable news credentials are well-established. She was a popular MAGA defender on cable, including on CNN, while living in California with her family.
然而，从白宫讲台代表美国需要不同的技能组合。在周四的采访中，扎卡里亚坦率地表示她可能尚未准备好迎接她在简报室的首次亮相。
However, representing the US from the White House podium requires a different skill set. In Thursday interviews, Zacharia rather candidly said she might not have been ready for her briefing room debut.
在与“披萨门”阴谋论者杰克·波索比克的交谈中，他目前在亲特朗普流媒体频道“真实美国之声”主持节目，扎卡里亚表示她“事先从未接受过完整的简报”。
Talking with Jack Posobiec, the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist who now hosts on the pro-Trump streaming channel Real America’s Voice, Zacharia said she “never had a full briefing beforehand.”
扎卡里亚说，这是一个旋风式的招聘过程，始于总统在10月7日星期三的意外来电：“星期三电话；星期四航班；星期五会面；星期六航班；星期日航班；星期一，哥伦布日，联邦假日。开始工作，希望周二上午进行简报。”虽然扎卡里亚没有明确说出这一点，但暗示特朗普希望她尽快出现在镜头前。
It was a whirlwind hiring process, Zacharia said, starting with an unexpected call from the president on Wednesday, October 7: “Wednesday phone call; Thursday flight; Friday meeting; Saturday flight; Sunday flight; Monday, Columbus Day, federal holiday. Start work, wants a brief Tuesday morning.”While Zacharia didn’t say so, the implication was that Trump wanted her out there and on camera as soon as possible.
扎卡里亚宣读了亲特朗普的谈话要点，然后点名三位记者——一位记者询问了金伯利·吉尔福伊尔，当时她正作为备受争议的美国驻希腊大使，这促使扎卡里亚宣布总统曾要求吉尔福伊尔辞职。
Zacharia read pro-Trump talking points, then called on three reporters — one asked about Kimberly Guilfoyle, then the embattled US ambassador to Greece, which led Zacharia to announce that the president had asked Guilfoyle to resign.
在与汉尼蒂的交谈中，扎卡里亚自豪地提到了这一时刻：“我传递了一则突发新闻。我认为我可能是首批为政府传递人事变动的新闻秘书之一，我很荣幸特朗普总统信任我传递该信息。”汉尼蒂是总统的亲密知己，他对扎卡里亚在周四晚上的新闻发布会表现及其回答印象不佳。
Speaking with Hannity, Zacharia touted that moment: “I delivered some breaking news. I think I’m one of the first press secretaries to deliver staff changes for the administration, and I was honored that President Trump trusted me delivering that information.”Hannity, a close confidant of the president, sounded unimpressed with her press briefing performance and her answers on Thursday night.
随着电视节目的结束音乐响起，表明扎卡里亚的时间已到，她试图向汉尼蒂表示安慰：“我会做好充分准备，肖恩，我会履行特朗普总统要求我担任新闻秘书的职责。”当晚晚些时候，特朗普表示他看了这场直播，因为他在Truth Social上发帖称赞了汉尼蒂的另一位嘉宾。
As the TV segment’s outro music began to play, indicating Zacharia was out of time, she tried to reassure Hannity: “I will be very prepared, Sean, and I will step up to the duty President Trump has asked me to as press secretary.”Later in the evening, Trump indicated he had watched the broadcast because he posted on Truth Social praising one of Hannity’s other guests.
周五早上，“福克斯与朋友”联合主持人（也是汉尼蒂的未婚妻）艾恩斯利·厄哈特提到了之前的采访，并对扎卡里亚表示同情。“你只是被抛进了这个角色，”她说。
On Friday morning, “Fox & Friends” co-host (and Hannity’s fiancée) Ainsley Earhardt referenced the previous interview and expressed sympathy for Zacharia. “You were just thrown into this role,” she remarked.
“福克斯与朋友”对特朗普政府官员的采访通常很友好，但厄哈特的其他联合主持人似乎持怀疑态度。“这对你来说是艰难的一周，”劳伦斯·琼斯对她说。
“Fox & Friends” interviews with Trump administration officials are often genial, but Earhardt’s fellow co-hosts appeared skeptical. “It’s been a tough week for you,” Lawrence Jones said to her.
琼斯问她是否希望告诉总统自己从未通过律师资格考试——这一事实是在几天来媒体对她背景的审查中浮出水面的。
Jones asked whether she wished she had told the president she never passed the bar exam — a fact that emerged amid days of press scrutiny of her background.
“这些问题没有被问到，”她说。“我被聘为白宫新闻秘书，而不是白宫法律顾问。”
“Those questions weren’t asked,” she said. “I’m being hired as White House press secretary, not White House counsel.”
即使以特朗普吹捧者著称的福克斯主持人审查她的资历和可信度，扎卡里亚还是转而指责“传统媒体”，认为其他未具名的媒体想要“把焦点和注意力放在我身上”，因为他们“想要转移人们对特朗普总统为美国取得的重大胜利的关注”。
Even as the Fox hosts — known for their Trump boosterism — scrutinized her credentials and credibility, Zacharia pivoted to blaming the “legacy media,” arguing that unnamed other outlets want to “put the focus and attention on me” because they “want to be distracted from the major wins that President Trump is making for America.”
当厄哈特问下一次新闻发布会何时举行时，扎卡里亚没有回答。接着琼斯问道：“你认为你仍然拥有总统的信任吗？”扎卡里亚回答说：“我站在这里，”指的是她正在白宫北草坪进行现场直播。
When Earhardt asked when the next press briefing would be, Zacharia didn’t say. Then Jones asked: “Do you think you still have the confidence of the president?”“I’m standing here,” Zacharia responded, referring to the fact that she was live from the White House North Lawn.
采访结束后，扎卡里亚向聚集在外面的一群记者打了招呼，但拒绝回答任何问题。
When the interview ended, Zacharia said hello to a crowd of reporters gathered outside, but declined to answer any questions.
“我不接受任何提问，但我想让你们知道，我非常期待与你们所有人合作，”她说。“请获取我的联系方式，主动联系我，给我打电话，发短信，发邮件。”
“I’m not taking any questions, but I wanted to let you know I’m looking forward to working with all of you so much,” she said. “Please get my number, reach out to me, call me, text me, email me.”
马修斯告诉CNN，扎卡里亚本应等到她感到充分准备好之后才举行她的首次简报会。“卡罗琳·利维特在怀孕期间一直在做这份工作，而且效率极高，毫不留情，”马修斯说。“虽然其中很大一部分涉及对美国公众说谎和操纵，但她知道如何掌控简报会场。如果扎卡里亚甚至连一次汉尼蒂的采访都应付不了？她接下来将面临艰难的处境。”
Matthews told CNN that Zacharia should have waited to hold her first briefing “until she felt adequately prepared.”“Karoline Leavitt was doing that job while pregnant and was ruthlessly efficient at it,” Matthews said. “Now, much of that involved lying and gaslighting the American public, but she knew how to command a briefing room. And if Zacharia can’t even handle a Hannity interview? She is in for a rough ride.”