White House Backlash Puts $150,000 Trump Aide Natalie Harp Under New Scrutiny

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19

Natalie Harp — Trump’s 35-year-old special and executive assistant — has become the focus of fresh scrutiny after Jon Ossoff accused Trump of wanting to “travel with Natalie” instead of doing his job.
The White House response intensified the story: Trump lashed out at a CNN reporter, and the Rapid Response team called her question “disgusting and inhumane,” drawing wider attention to Harp’s role.
Harp, paid $150,000 a year, is known inside Trump’s orbit as the “human printer” for supplying hard-copy information and is now described as one of the few aides with constant access, including on a recent military flight in Turkey.
Her rise began after a 2019 pro-Trump post about cancer treatment and the Right to Try Act led to Fox exposure, a 2020 Republican convention speech, and later work at OANN promoting Trump’s stolen-election claims.
That unusually close relationship is likely to face more examination because Harp reportedly helps shape Trump’s Truth Social output and has been portrayed in recent books as intensely devoted to him.