White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s job is off to a great start. It’s only her first few days and President Trump has already asked someone to resign, and for Zacharia to relay the message to the meddling press.
As noted, Trump has already asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, his ambassador to Greece, to resign after a cascade of reports alleged she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct during her time in Athens. Katie Zacharia confirmed the request Tuesday, making official what had been building for days.
Like they say, drain the swamp – even if it’s from within. For Trump to cut send Guilfoyle packing shows he doesn’t care who you are, he’ll drop the baggage if it’s needed.
Trump himself gave reporters a preview Monday. Asked directly whether he was considering firing Guilfoyle, he kept it short: “Well, we’re looking at it. We’re not happy.” A senior U.S. official had already told the Associated Press over the weekend that both Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were, in the words of that official, “extremely pissed off” by the reports and planned to act this week.
The Wall Street Journal has been leading the coverage since late September, and the list of allegations is something else. Guilfoyle Greece ambassador allegations include threatening a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services, allowing a lobbyist for a Greek construction and energy company into private diplomatic meetings, and, perhaps most eye-catching, asking a Trump donor to pay off a $100,000 credit card bill just before her Senate confirmation hearing while promising him access to administration officials in return.
Guilfoyle’s lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, pushed back in a statement released Sunday. They said the credit card money was legitimate payment for public appearances and speaking engagements that predated her ambassadorial nomination. On the private plane travel, they said that before every such trip she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations.” So everything was totally fine, according to the lawyers hired to say everything was totally fine.
The Journal also reported that Guilfoyle was furious about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives. Because nothing says serious diplomat like throwing a fit over a Davos party invite.
New WH Press Sec. Katie Zacharia is off to a great start as she reports on a requested resignation.
"We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset and we wish her well."
Guilfoyle's alleged conduct brought this upon herself.
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— Frank (@drastic215x) October 13, 2026
Rubio initially defended Guilfoyle, calling her “a strong ambassador.” But after more reports kept rolling in, he stopped defending her publicly. When journalists pressed him for answers in Athens last Thursday, Rubio unloaded on them at the foot of his plane, with Guilfoyle standing right there watching him leave. “You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” he said.
A second U.S. official confirmed the State Department’s inspector general is looking into the allegations, though it’s unclear whether a formal IG probe has officially begun. The State Department has declined to comment. Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House Oversight Committee have already called for a full investigation, because nothing gets Democrats out of bed faster than a chance to investigate a former Fox News host who was once engaged to Donald Trump Jr.
Guilfoyle is a former California prosecutor and Fox News personality. She was once married to California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, which means she has had a front-row seat to bad governance from multiple angles. The question now is whether she formally steps down or has to be pushed, and whether the inspector general’s review grows into something bigger.
