Natalie Harp, the White House staffer who has attracted attention and criticism for her extreme devotion to President Donald Trump, was reportedly around the commander-in-chief all weekend at his golf club in New Jersey as he fired off countless strange social media posts, such as an apparently AI-generated cartoon of himself attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and multiple threats to rename New Mexico.
Harp was photographed by journalists on Friday boarding the presidential helicopter around the same time as Trump as it headed to Bedminster National Golf Club. She later appeared in a photo shared on Sunday from pro-Trump media personality Michael Solakiewicz. In the image, she appears to be typing on a tablet behing the president as he dines at Bedminster.
The Independent has contacted the White House for confirmation on Harp’s whereabouts and whether she was involved in the posts.
Harp, a former anchor on the right-wing One America News Network, has been dubbed the “human printer” because she frequently prints out hard copies of various messages and social media posts for the president. She was also criticized by her own brother for her extreme devotion to the president, with Preston Harp describing the relationship as “very unhealthy.”
The president is also known to dictate posts out loud to Harp, who often manages his day-to-day social media output,The Independent has previously reported.
That said, the president’s signature late-night posting sprees areoften his own doing, a former White House and campaign staffer from Trump's first term once told The Independent.
Others have described using Harp, who is known to work just outside the Oval Office, as a conduit to get messages onto the president’s social media feed and in front of the American people.
Homeland security adviser Stephen Miller, the architect of much of the president’s hard-line immigration policies, is reportedly among them.
Miller has used Harp’s closeness with the president “at least a couple” of times to get ideas before Trump, a source told Zeteo.
After Miller reportedly showed videos to Harp, they soon appeared on the president’s Truth Social page, the source said.
“I wanted the president to post something about crypto, so I [asked Natalie], and it worked,” another unnamed source told the outlet.
The president’s golf weekend may be over, but his eye-catching posts have continued.
On Monday, he fired off a post showing a map where the United States covered all of continental North America and Greenland.
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