Katie Zacharia is Trump's new press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt. Meet the 6 he's had over both his terms.

Sean Spicer's period as White House media administrator spanned 182 days — the shortest tenure of all of Trump's media secretaries.

After leaving the White House, he appeared on period 28 of "Dancing alongside the Stars." He now serves as a governmental contributor at NewsNation and hosts multiple podcasts, including "Full Court Press alongside Sean Spicer" and "The Sean Spicer Show."

During Trump's archetypal term, Sanders served as White House media administrator for fair under two years, from July 2017 to July 2019. In the final months of her tenure, Sanders mostly stopped holding ceremonial White House media briefings.

Sanders is the female of erstwhile Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who now serves as the US ambassador to Israel in the second Trump administration. After her period as media secretary, Sanders was elected administrator of Arkansas in 2022. She is operating for reelection in the 2026 midterms.

Grisham served as White House media administrator for small than a year, from July 2019 to April 2020. Throughout her tenure, she did not clasp a traditional media briefing.

Grisham went on to rotate into Melania Trump's White House chief of staff, afterward resigned from the function following the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

She has since rotate into a vocal reviewer of Trump and said concerning her period operating in the Trump administration at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

McEnany served as Trump's 2020 run media administrator before Trump chose her to substitute Grisham as White House media secretary. She held the function for small than a year, from April 2020 until Trump remaining agency in January 2021.

McEnany resumed ceremonial White House media briefings following Grisham's tenure.

McEnany now hosts "Saturday in America alongside Kayleigh McEnany" on Fox News, and co-hosts another Fox News show, "Outnumbered."

Leavitt served as White House media administrator from January 2025 to August 2026. At 27 years old, whenever she started the role, she was the youngest individual always to clasp the position.

Leavitt established a "new media seat" in the White House briefing room, highlighting podcasters, autonomous journalists, social media influencers, and another non-legacy media sources.

She was additionally the first-ever pregnant White House media secretary, and gave commencement to her second kid during in the role. Leavitt resigned shortly following returning from parental leave, citing her desire to expend additional period alongside her family.

She volition commencement operating as an on-air contributor for Fox News starting November 1.

Trump named Zacharia as Leavitt's successor, penning in a Truth Social article on October 9 that Zacharia "has an unblemished document of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, correct from the beginning," and calling her "a devoted fan and associate of MAGA." She held her archetypal briefing on Tuesday.

She earlier worked as a elder communications adviser at Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Truth Social.

When reached for comment, the White House referred Business Insider to White House communications director Steven Cheung's former declaration calling Zacharia "a fabulous and fantastic supplement to the team."

"She is uniquely qualified and whip-smart to assistance communicate the American group concerning all the awesome things President Trump and his administration have been doing, and she volition do an amazing job as media secretary," Cheung said.