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Natalie Harp, Trump Executive Assistant, Attends Nearly All White House Meetings
Natalie Harp, 34, serves as an executive assistant to President Trump and attends almost every White House meeting. The Independent reported details from Maggie Haberman on her role funneling information and accessing the president's Truth Social account.
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Natalie Harp attends almost every White House meeting in President Trump’s second term, The Independent reported. The 34-year-old executive assistant is usually seated against the Oval Office wall with her laptop during those sessions. Harp helps funnel information to President Trump outside formal channels, according to the reporting.
She also holds access to his Truth Social account and has helped shape some posts that he approves. At Harp’s urging, President Trump posted a video depicting the Obamas as apes and an image casting himself as a Christ-like figure, both later deleted, The Independent reported.
A White House spokesperson stated that President Trump has formed a direct line of communication to the American people via social media.
Harp first came to President Trump’s attention in 2019 due to her cancer survival story. She joined his staff in 2022 after working as a television presenter and holds an MBA from Liberty University. , in late June 2026.
The Independent reported that she previously ran on foot behind Trump’s golf cart during campaign days. The details appear in the book Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, published last month with more than 300,000 copies sold. The book covers the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files and the president’s interior decorating habits.
