WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The White House announced Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit before she did. Press secretary Katie Zacharia told reporters at her first briefing on Tuesday that "we have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign," and the ambassador to Greece confirmed on X less than two hours later.

"She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well," Zacharia said. President Donald Trump was blunter on the South Lawn, on his way to campaign in Alaska. "She will not be there. I didn't like what I read," he said, according to CBS News. NBC News quoted him as saying she was doing a good job "but we didn't like what we were reading."

Guilfoyle's post thanked Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and denied the allegations. "The...