新任白宫新闻秘书遭遇质疑
美国新任白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚当地时间13日首次亮相白宫记者会，却在发言中不慎口误，将“我的丈夫”说成“我的总统”，引发在场记者关注。
Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, faced reporters for the first time on Tuesday in a brief appearance at the lectern, accidentally referring to her husband, Tyler Zacharia, as her "president".
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"The idea of not spending evenings with my kids is completely unacceptable. So my president — excuse me, my husband, that's a good one — my husband is out here for the week because we have two birthdays in our family and we are very, very protective of celebrating birthdays as a family."
“晚上不能陪孩子们，我绝对接受不了。所以，我的总统——啊不，我丈夫，我这口误可真够好笑的，我丈夫这周会待在这里，因为我们家有两个人要过生日。我们特别、特别看重一家人一起过生日。”
扎卡里亚在记者会上表示：“我深感荣幸能以新任白宫新闻秘书的身份为特朗普总统和美国民众服务。我想感谢特朗普总统对我的信任。我很久以来一直希望能为他工作，我也期待着与你们每个人共事。”
发布会结束后不久，特朗普表示：“我觉得她表现得非常好。”
While addressing reporters later that day, US President Donald Trump said of Zacharia's 15-minute briefing, "I thought she did excellent. She did very good."
据外媒报道，扎卡里亚首次主持白宫记者会便遭遇质疑。一名白宫官员警告称，如果她不能尽快改善表现，恐怕很快就会丢掉工作，甚至创下任期最短的纪录。
MS NOW报道称，扎卡里亚的表现已引发白宫内部及相关人士的担忧。一名白宫官员表示：“站上讲台本就不容易，但她的开局并不理想。她必须尽快改善表现，否则就可能打破斯卡拉穆奇的纪录。”
斯卡拉穆奇曾在特朗普首个总统任期内担任白宫通讯联络办公室主任 ，但仅任职10天便离职。
The anonymous official told MS NOW's Jake Traylor that Zacharia, 41, is on track to shatter former White House Comms Director Anthony Scaramucci's time at the helm, which lasted a scant 10 days during Trump's first term in 2017.
"Getting behind the podium is tough, but she got off on the wrong foot. She needs to get much better, fast, otherwise she'll break Scaramucci's record," the source told Traylor.
get off on the wrong foot 开局不利
这是扎卡里亚出任白宫新闻秘书后的首次记者会。此前，该职务在莱维特8月底离职后一直空缺。
美国总统特朗普10月早些时候宣布，任命保守派评论员凯蒂·扎卡里亚出任白宫新闻秘书，接替离职的莱维特。
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