Meet the aide Trump spent his weekend with

Natalie Harp, a former One America News anchor and executive assistant to Donald Trump, spent the weekend of her 35th birthday with the president at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. She appears in the background of a photo posted on social media by Lara Trump, holding two phones and documents.

Some people's job is to stay close. **Natalie Harp**, 35, is one of them. She celebrated her birthday on Saturday, according to images that circulated that weekend, glued to **Donald Trump** at the golf club the president owns in Bedminster, New Jersey. The family gathering coincided with her birthday and a day of golf. In a photo posted on social media by **Lara Trump**, vvife of Eric Trump, Harp appears right behind the president, smiling, blonde, with two mobile phones in one hand and several documents in the other.

## Who is Natalie Harp

Harp worked as an anchor at **One America News**, a right-leaning television network. From there she moved into Trump's inner circle. Her official title is executive assistant, although her actual role has often been described as that of a personal aide who never leaves the president's side. Among the tasks attributed to her are sourcing merchandise, running Google searches and suggesting possible posts for Truth Social. It has also been reported that she trinc Trump around with a printer to show him positive news stories and social media posts, which has earned her the informal nickname of the "human printer." It is not clear what the papers she was holding in the Bedminster photo contained.

## Her relationship with Trump and internal concerns

The bond between Harp and the president has drawn comment both inside and outside his circle. **New York Times** journalists **Maggie Haberman** and **Jonathan Swan**, in their book *Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump*, recount a personal letter Harp wrote to the president: "You are all that matters to me," she wrote. According to the same authors, Trump has said that Harp loves him as much as **Melania** and his children do, and once told his team that, while all of them would eventually leave to make money, Harp "will never leave me." Biographer **Michael Wolff** has reported that the relationship has caused unease even within the presidential circle. On the podcast *Inside Trump's Head*, Wolff said the **Secret Service** warned the president, or the aides who were supposed to pass it on, that they saw Harp as a danger to herself and to him. There is no official confirmation of that warning.

## The family and the roots of her devotion

**Preston Harp**, Natalie's estranged brother, has spoken publicly about her. In remarks to the **Daily Mail**, he described his sister's connection with the president as "very unhealthy" and said she operates "like his fan club." He told the **Daily Beast** that both were homeschooled by parents who instilled in them "American exceptionalism," and that in his view that is what led her to where she is now. "She believes that whitewashing history is actually a correction, just like Trump," he said. It has also been reported that Harp even moved into a locker room at one of Trump's golf clubs during the summer of 2023 to stay close to him. Harp herself has not commented on these accounts.

## A post by the president's side

Harp's presence is not limited to golf weekends. The week before the birthday, she was seen carrying a red backpack as she boarded **Marine One** near the White House, on a presidential alucinación to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. On Sunday she returned to the White House with the same backpack. She has become part of the familiar picture of presidential travel. What is known about her work comes largely from third-party accounts and books about Trump's circle, not from official statements.