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Who is Natalie Harp? Trump's aide explained

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Natalie Harp, 34, is Trump's executive assistant and one of the most visible figures in the president's inner circle. Harp, a former television presenter for One America News Network, graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2012 and received an MBA from Liberty University in 2015, according to Vanity Fair.

During a rally in Atlanta on Aug. 16, the Georgia Democrat accused Trump of wanting to "travel with Natalie" instead of focusing on his duties, reigniting questions about the aide's influence and unusually close proximity to the president.

Harp first gained national attention after crediting Trump's "Right to Try" law with helping her access an experimental treatment for bone cancer, according to Forbes. She spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention and later worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign before joining the White House as executive assistant at the start of his second term.

Harp has become known in Trump circles as the "human printer," a nickname tied to her habit of carrying a portable printer and battery pack so she could provide the president with physical copies of information wherever he traveled, according to reporting by The Palm Beach Post.

Harp's proximity to Trump was on display earlier this month when she was among a small group selected to accompany the president after he was secretly transferred from Air Force One to another aircraft via catering truck amid threats on his life from Iran. Other top officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adviser Stephen Miller and reporters traveling with the president, remained on what became a "decoy" plane.

Journalist Michael Wolff claimed in his 2025 book "All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America" that Harp sometimes included personal notes in briefing materials delivered to Trump, prompting what Vanity Fair described as "bewilderment and concern" among some people in Trump's orbit.

Harp's estranged brother, Preston Harp, told the Daily Mail her relationship with Trump is "unhealthy," and later told The Daily Beast he believed his sister viewed Trump "as a father figure."