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Natalie Harp’s Pathological Devotion to Trump

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I’ve never seen officials scheme so absurdly to reach a president as Natalie Harp did chasing President Donald Trump’s golf cart in Scotland. Nor had I heard of a staffer leaping into an SUV’s trunk when denied motorcade seating. This obsession plays out at the White House’s core. When Senator Jon Ossoff noted Trump liked to “travel with Harp,” he exposed a deranged dynamic.

Trump surrounds himself with sycophants, yet this bond is pathological. She idolizes him relentlessly, acting as a constant social media facilitator who never takes days off. Staffers dub her “the human printer” for printing positive stories on demand. Foreign leaders even use her as a conduit to the president.

Ossoff recently lambasted Trump’s erratic governance while criticizing his travels with Harp. Democrats, tired of restraint, dragged her into the political fray. It was ultimately the MAGA megaphone that unraveled her narrative, exposing how a president still relies on a young aide to type his posts.