Calling her "husband" president and having a vague resume, the new White House spokesperson became a laughingstock and sparked heated discussions.

According to PolyBeats monitoring, on October 9, Trump announced on Truth Social that Katie Zacharia would be the White House Press Secretary. Zacharia previously served as a senior communications adviser at Truth Social and had a brief stint in a communications role at the Department of Homeland Security.

On October 13, Zacharia made her debut opening statement in a press briefing, and the entire 14 minutes sparked widespread discussion due to her poor performance and lack of professionalism. When asked how she would balance family life in California with her White House duties, Zacharia replied, "My president—sorry, my husband..."

After the briefing on the South Lawn, someone pressed her on which state she passed the bar exam in, and Zacharia answered, "When I moved to China." Trump, who was present, appeared visibly displeased with the response. The State Bar of California said it could not find any record of Zacharia practicing in California, and the main narrative subsequently escalated from "nervous while reading from a script" to "whether her credentials hold up."

As her prominence surged, the prediction market Polymarket urgently launched a new market, "Will Katie Zacharia leave her post within this year?" with the current probability at 30%.

Mr-Krabs bought $1.64k on "No," with a buy probability of 69%. Using 90%+ as late-session trading, his open trades in the Trump category total 103, with a win rate of 79%, PnL +$52.4k, and this investment is 0.56 times his median investment.