White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was ousted Friday after just five days on the job, according to two senior Trump administration officials.

Why it matters: Zacharia will be the shortest-tenured press secretary in modern history, with her first and only week in the White House marked by speculation about her legal credentials and criticism of her first press briefing.

Trump told reporters Friday that he had urged Zacharia to "reconsider" the job, saying: "The news has been so nasty to her. I've never seen anything like it actually. And I said to her, 'honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider. You think about it, but I would reconsider."

"POTUS is a big fan of Katie's, and what POTUS said to the reporters is exactly what he said in private," a senior White House official said.

"President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and the most hardworking man.…