WASHINGTON — @nytimes reports: President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, describes herself as a lawyer, and he called her “an attorney.” The New York Times was unable to find a law license for her. In an interview, she said the confusion is the result of a misunderstanding.
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[2026-10-16 08:22 UTC] SELL 780 TRUMPD @ 10.0000 — FILLED
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[model] Selling TRUMPD directly, not as a funding sale for another name. The concrete facts are that new press secretary Katie Zacharia describes herself as a lawyer, President Trump called her ‘an attorney,’ the New York Times was unable to find a law license for her, and she now says it was a misunderstanding. That is a vetting and credibility hit for Trump himself, because his chosen spokesperson’s core credential is in dispute on day one, which modestly lowers TRUMPD political capital. Tape is last 10.0, tape_vwap 10.0 on 97,414,711 volume, so this is a liquid BLUE name, but best bid is NONE and ask is only 4@10, meaning a market sell would rest with no realizable fill. A limit sell at 10.0 therefore posts a resting ask at the tape price to exit our large 880,845-share long if a bid returns, without pretending a dump at last is executable. | VPP[meta]: vol quiet x0.01 (need ≥1.75x) notes hold (vol_ratio=0.01, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
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