Trump’s Fired Press Secretary Refuses to Go Quietly in Defiant Floyd Mayweather Jr. Post

Katie Zacharia is with “The Money Team” days after President Donald Trump fired her from his administration.

Zacharia was named White House press secretary on Oct. 9, formally replacing her predecessor Karoline Leavitt.

Leavitt held the role for a year and a half but resigned in August for a better work-life balance after welcoming her second child.

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White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia conducts her first briefing on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Zacharia has since joined Fox News as a contributor and continues working with Trump’s PAC, MAGA Inc.

Her introductory press conference on Oct. 12 was a disaster, leaving the tall blond spokesperson shredded on social media for stumbling through the 15-minute session with reporters.

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She was relieved of her duties on Oct. 16 amid ridicule over her longtime false claims that she is a lawyer.

Leavitt allegedly acted as a whistleblower warning Trump’s inner cirlce that Zacharia may not have been the best replacement.

She is an alumna of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law but does not hold credentials as an attorney, a term Zacharia and Trump used to describe her despite her never passing the bar exam.

Trump admitted the former press secretary had been “brutalized by the media.”

Well, the public pummelling is far from over, and it seems as though Zacharia refuses to go away quietly.

On Oct. 20, she posted a photo of herself and former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on board Air Force One.

She wore a long-sleeved black dress, and Mayweather wore a gray suit and black turtleneck as he rested his right hand on her waist.

Based on his outfit, the photo was snapped on Oct. 14, the same day the boxer joined Trump for a rally in Bullhead, Arizona.

The caption read, “You can either be a fighter or a marshmallow.”

The irony of the caption and her short-lived White House role welcomed new knockouts from critics who will likely never stop swinging at her.

The pile-on included comments like, “You lasted 5 days. That’s a fighter?” and “Imagine running this caption through your mind several times, processing it, and then still post it. she didn’t stand a chance.”

Someone else asked, “Wtf does that mean?” A fourth individual tweeted, “You can either be a lawyer or a liar.”

The joint attack also included jabs at the uncanny Trump-aligned duo.

A sarcastic quip read, “Look, kids! Two Americans who legitimately cant read at a middle school level! Reach for the stars!”

A running joke about Mayweather is that he is illiterate. The truth is that he can read but his proficiency is subpar.

The writing was on the wall for Zacharia before they announced her termination.

Her final post with the president showed him seated behind the Resolute Desk, with her standing next to him, hands clasped.

“President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and hardworking man. I wish more Americans appreciated him,” she wrote. “No one will ever make America great the way he has and continues to. It was an honor to work for him.”

It is unclear who is next in line to take over the press room podium.

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