Who Is Natalie Harp, Trump's Ever-Present Aide?
The 35-year-old special assistant known as the 'human printer' has drawn scrutiny after a Democratic senator's jab at her role in the West Wing.
Natalie Harp, a 35-year-old special assistant and executive assistant to President Trump, has become an unlikely subject of political attention this week after Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia mocked her closeness to the president during a campaign rally.
Ossoff said Trump wants to "build his ballroom and travel with Natalie" instead of focusing on his job. Trump fired back Monday in the Oval Office, calling Ossoff a "Pee-wee Herman look-alike" when asked about the remark.
Harp is widely known inside Trump's orbit for her loyalty. She earned the nickname "human printer" during the 2024 campaign for carrying a portable printer to give Trump physical copies of favorable news coverage, since he prefers reading printed materials to screens. She also frequently types out Truth Social posts that Trump dictates to her.
According to "Regime Change," a book by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Trump has told staffers that unlike others who will eventually leave to make money, Harp "will never leave me."
The White House pushed back hard on Ossoff's comments. Communications director Stephen Cheung called him the biggest "loser in politics," while spokesman Davis Ingle told CBS News that Harp is "one of the most loyal and hardest working aides" on Trump's team.
Harp was also among the small group of aides who accompanied Trump on a secret flight out of Turkey in July, when the Secret Service used a catering truck as a decoy after intelligence suggested a possible missile threat to his plane. Others on that flight included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and aides Walt Nauta and Dan Scavino.
Before joining the White House in January 2025, Harp hosted a show on One America News Network, where she repeated Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. A bone cancer survivor, she spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention crediting Trump's Right to Try Act with saving her life, though The Washington Post has reported she was treated with an already FDA-approved therapy that would not have required that law. Harp holds a bachelor's degree from Point Loma Nazarene University and an MBA from Liberty University.
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