Oct 14, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
The comment was made on October 13, 2026, during a panel discussion analyzing the debut press briefing of the new White House Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia. Smikle argued that the administration…
Sean Patrick MaloneyGuestBasil SmikleGuestPanel Show HostHostOkay, given what you know, given what we know about Zachariah, um, and again, I'm sure people in the audience are saying, "This person is going to be pushing lies.
We don't wanna hear from her." We do not know that, and this is one of the most important roles when it comes to the administration and communicating with the American people, so we need to understand what we're in for.
However, yeah
Uh, the reality is, and I've said this on, on this program before, Donald Trump hates expertise.
Mm.
And so anybody who may come with any kind of credential because of their experience, because of their, you know, they're well-studied as journalists, uh, they actually, they're in the government and actually are strong s- uh, public servants, he doesn't like that.
That's what she's, that's what she is, and my guess is that any language that comes out of, uh, this White House through her will be couched as supporter, not, uh, not information for the voter.
Well, we should hope, uh, that she surprises us, that she comes out with candor and truth.
The problem is this administration is disproportionately staffed by billionaires, grifters, and folks whose number one qualification is loyalty, right? That's the khakis stock receive problem.
Yeah, and that's not like you opining.
They, he was in charge of the transition.
That's what he said the number one qualification was.
And so here you have someone who doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with the press, briefed in at DHS, um, but someone who's been trafficked in conspiracy theories and seems to have been picked because of unquestioning loyalty.
Okay, given what you know, given what we know about Zachariah, um, and again, I'm sure people in the audience are saying, "This person is going to be pushing lies.
We don't wanna hear from her." We do not know that, and this is one of the most important roles when it comes to the administration and communicating with the American people, so we need to understand what we're in for.
However, yeah
Uh, the reality is, and I've said this on, on this program before, Donald Trump hates expertise.
Mm.
And so anybody who may come with any kind of credential because of their experience, because of their, you know, they're well-studied as journalists, uh, they actually, they're in the government and actually are strong s- uh, public servants, he doesn't like that.
That's what she's, that's what she is, and my guess is that any language that comes out of, uh, this White House through her will be couched as supporter, not, uh, not information for the voter.
Well, we should hope, uh, that she surprises us, that she comes out with candor and truth.
The problem is this administration is disproportionately staffed by billionaires, grifters, and folks whose number one qualification is loyalty, right? That's the khakis stock receive problem.
Yeah, and that's not like you opining.
They, he was in charge of the transition.
That's what he said the number one qualification was.
And so here you have someone who doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with the press, briefed in at DHS, um, but someone who's been trafficked in conspiracy theories and seems to have been picked because of unquestioning loyalty.
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