US President Donald Trump is facing online ridicule over his exceptionally close relationship with his personal aide Natalie Harp, while First Lady Melania Trump remains absent from public view.
The 35-year-old was among the handful of aides chosen to accompany the President as he secretly fled Air Force One amid an Iranian assassination threat in Turkey back in July.
According to sources, Harp is Trump’s closest aide, who acts as a constant source of emotional reassurance and ‘comfort blanket’.
Many people claim that she has more access to the President than even his chief of staff Susie Wiles as there’s rarely an event or trip where she’s not glued closely to his side.
Harp is also known as his ‘human printer’ for her habit of sharing printed copies of articles and social media posts that the President wants to read.
2028 Democratic hopeful Senator Jon Ossoff laid bare this claim during a Saturday rally in Georgia over his relationship with the young aide.
He mocked Trump of not ‘wanting’ to do his job in the Oval Office, instead he ‘golfs and trades stocks.’
Ossoff told supporters: ‘See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie [Harp] on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.’
Scrutiny over Harp’s closeness to Trump comes as Melania has done about half as many events in Trump’s second term compared to his first, according to NBC News.
Harp was also spotted at Trump’s side this weekend as the duo shook hands with supporters at the President’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.
Harp was wearing a sleeveless turquoise top, with her blonde hair in a ponytail as she accompanied Trump.
