Zeteo adds loading wheels to Zacharia's briefing pauses
The sharply edited Short pairs unanswered questions with Fox News timing of the new press secretary's debut.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 352,135 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (24,433).
Trump's New Press Secretary Had a Bad First Day at Work
Katie Zacharia pauses at the White House lectern, and Zeteo adds a loading wheel. That editing choice sets the tone for "Trump's New Press Secretary Had a Bad First Day at Work," a compilation that turns her debut briefing into pointed political commentary.
The Short has reached roughly 450,000 views, with its first-day audience about fourteen times Zeteo's usual for the format. The channel, founded by Mehdi Hasan, uses freeze frames and graphics to emphasize the gaps in Zacharia's delivery. This is an edited selection, not the full briefing.
There is substantive news between those pauses. Asked whether the US has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, Zacharia answers, "I'll have to get back to you on that." She also announces that Ambassador Guilfoyle has been asked to resign.
A question about balancing work and family brings the verbal slip from "my President" to "my husband." Zeteo closes with a different kind of assessment: Fox News footage in which a male voice clocks the entire briefing, including questions, at roughly fourteen minutes.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Zeteo
- Subscribers
- 2,270,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 5,601,461
- Channel views, pace per day
- 226,546 (on a normal day: 992,500)
- Video published
- October 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 449,496 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 378,353
The numbers
The Short drew an unusually large first-day audience for Zeteo. Comments also arrived far faster than on a typical Short.
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Which question does Zacharia say she will get back to the reporter about?
Asked whether the US has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, she says she will get back to the reporter.



