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Zorro

(19,020 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 12:50 PM Yesterday

Trump, 80, Accused of 'Very Unhealthy' Relationship With Blonde Aide, 34

Trump’s closest aide—50 years younger than the president—follows him around day and night.

White House aide Natalie Harp’s obsession with Donald Trump has become so severe that her own brother has spoken out.

Preston Harp, 38, the estranged brother of Trump’s favorite personal assistant, blasted the 80-year-old president and his too-close-for-comfort bond with Preston’s 34-year-old sister.

In an interview with The Daily Mail, Preston called Trump a “national embarrassment” and said his sister’s relationship with him is “very unhealthy.”

“She’s just like his fan club,” Preston said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-blonde-aide-natalie-harp-34-accused-of-very-unhealthy-bond-with-president-80/
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Trump, 80, Accused of 'Very Unhealthy' Relationship With Blonde Aide, 34 (Original Post) Zorro Yesterday OP
That rancid, tiny Trumpy mushroom doesn't fluff itself. Celerity Yesterday #1
Now THERE'S a mental image I didn't need! 11 Bravo Yesterday #3
You and me both! ShazzieB Yesterday #36
Me three MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #57
🤢🤮😵 Gaytano70 Yesterday #28
. Marcuse Yesterday #54
Chief Diaper-Changer and "Bottle" Washer. C_U_L8R Yesterday #2
Plus all that lip service peppertree Yesterday #40
Lol MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #58
Some enjoy degrading themselves. Turbineguy Yesterday #4
This might be the least important thing going on there. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #5
It illustrates his contempt for women synni Yesterday #47
But we already knew that for decades. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #55
Laura Loomer got too boring for him? Norrrm Yesterday #6
She sounds totally obsessed and those types can be dangerous... hlthe2b Yesterday #7
Trump Team Is Pissed at Aide Secretly Enabling Crazed Nighttime Rants LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #8
Are you sure he's capable of anything more than "late nights editing of internet posts"? ShazzieB Yesterday #53
These rumors have been around for a while LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #9
She looks like one of the wives on handmaids tale. boston bean Yesterday #11
Or a character from one of those dragon-related series BaronChocula Yesterday #18
Oh, a Targaryen! Yeah she looks extremely fair. Ilsa Yesterday #29
Yes, Trumpuglia was a wordplay on "Tragaryen" BaronChocula Yesterday #56
Melania must be relieved he now leaves her alone and is ok with his side chick kimbutgar Yesterday #44
TSF just keeping it vile. Sneederbunk Yesterday #10
"Under his eye", "The Handmaid's Tale"...t-rump likes having a "Handmaid"... wcmagumba Yesterday #12
Happened first term too Johonny Yesterday #13
Somehow I knew she would be blonde--another Ivanka type. Lonestarblue Yesterday #14
He does has a certain "type"..... SergeStorms Yesterday #23
She's definitely his type. Dulcinea Yesterday #52
Behind every unsuccessful man is a woman telling him that he is right. twodogsbarking Yesterday #15
She looks like a broom rider. twodogsbarking Yesterday #16
Another Ivanka clone purr-rat beauty Yesterday #17
Is she the one who posts all Trump's tweets got him? AverageOldGuy Yesterday #19
I know that love is blind, tavernier Yesterday #20
A Clinton-Lewinsky redo? patphil Yesterday #21
Monika didn't have to change Big Dog's loaded diaper paleotn Yesterday #24
NO MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #59
Where is Melonia? Having more kidney surgery, yes? TexLaProgressive Yesterday #22
Melania was a prostitute before she met Trump and most likely doesn't care about Ms. Harp. Botany Yesterday #26
Yes, that's true TexLaProgressive Yesterday #46
Mel would rather stay in NYC to helicopter over Barron. nt Ilsa Yesterday #31
Sees all, knows all -- that's probably the unhealthiest aspect Auggie Yesterday #25
Natalie better be careful Quanto Magnus Yesterday #27
I don't think anything improper is going on Orrex Yesterday #30
Welp, the mystery is solved. maxsolomon Yesterday #32
That's it. He is done for. CivicGrief Yesterday #33
He'll grab her P***y and MAGA will fall in love with the bold sexist old man 31j20b3 Yesterday #34
At 80 and demented, she may as well look like a 13-year-old Justice matters. Yesterday #35
Ugh, puke. Joinfortmill Yesterday #37
Is she being paid with taxpayer funds? Nt spooky3 Yesterday #38
Let me guess swong19104 Yesterday #39
Those nighttime rants Boo1 Yesterday #41
Ew! Cringe-worthy! What next, bestiality parties at GOP headquarters? ffr Yesterday #42
Someone call Ken Starr. This is his forte. ffr Yesterday #43
Trump cant wait to rape her with his little old mushroom dick. BradBo Yesterday #45
It reminds me of the Manson family struggle4progress Yesterday #48
Does he croak "Ivanka" Aviation Pro Yesterday #49
As long as they are consenting adults who cares. Jacson6 Yesterday #50
That's not the point - the point is MAGA virtue signals constantly GenThePerservering 23 hrs ago #60
Maybe she has a thing for mushrooms? marble falls Yesterday #51
And diapers. And shit. Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #62
She's a cult groupie. Liberal In Texas 21 hrs ago #61

BlueTsunami2018

(5,143 posts)
5. This might be the least important thing going on there.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:09 PM
Yesterday

The fact that the secret service was worried she might be dangerous is a little bit compelling but other than that, meh.

synni

(800 posts)
47. It illustrates his contempt for women
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:40 PM
Yesterday

The only women he accepts are those who degrade themselves to stay within his inner circle.

BlueTsunami2018

(5,143 posts)
55. But we already knew that for decades.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:16 PM
Yesterday

It’s been a huge part of his personality since long before this foray into the ultimate grifting.

hlthe2b

(115,201 posts)
7. She sounds totally obsessed and those types can be dangerous...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:18 PM
Yesterday

Given she is "trusted" around him--presumably without SS in immediate attendance--things could go South very quickly. Trump, after all, is known for frequently turning on a dime toward those loyal to him.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,000 posts)
8. Trump Team Is Pissed at Aide Secretly Enabling Crazed Nighttime Rants
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:22 PM
Yesterday

There have been fewer typos and misspelled words is trump's posts lately but there are still weird capitalizations and strange phrasing. I have suspected that someone is helping trump in these posts. It seems that a trump "employee" stays up late to help trump in these posts.

An unequivocal irresponsible MORON

Trump Team Is Pissed at Aide Secretly Enabling Crazed Nighttime Rants

Harp doesn't share her drafts with anyone else in White House but the president, claiming she works for him & only him, reported the WSJ.

newrepublic.com/post/210363/... via @newrepublic.com

Marty Ema (@emaenoiaen.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T23:19:13.777Z

https://newrepublic.com/post/210363/donald-trump-team-pissed-aide-nighttime-social-media

Even the president’s inner circle is tiring of his erratic, late-night social media binges—and the White House aide responsible for them.

Donald Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp is the woman behind his overnight Truth Social sprees, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Through twilight-hour shifts, Harp has created the impression that the president never sleeps and is instead spending his should-be bedtime obsessively retweeting baseless conspiracies about the 2020 presidential election and Fox News headlines about his purported popularity among the American public.

The 34-year-old aide supplies the president with stacks of printed-out drafts and awaits his approval before hitting post, sources told the Journal.

Her work has included posts that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, and an AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus Christ. Trump took down both posts after they spurred immense public backlash. In the former instance, Trump claimed he did not see the section of the video that racistly mocked the former president and first lady. A White House official blamed the mistake on an editing error.

The frustration lies partly in the perceived chain of command: Harp does not share her drafts with anyone else in the White House but the president, claiming that she works for him and only him, reported the Journal. That’s prompted tensions between Harp and some of the federal employees affected by her incendiary writing, such as the chief of staff’s office.

I have no doubt that trump's relationship with this lady goes beyond late nights editing of internet posts.

ShazzieB

(23,083 posts)
53. Are you sure he's capable of anything more than "late nights editing of internet posts"?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:55 PM
Yesterday

I find it hard to that he is. I hear viagra can work wonders, but in a dude who looks as far gone as he does? I just don't know.

I have no doubt that he did all the awful things he's been accused of doing in the part, but that was then and this is now. Michael Wolff has described the current version of Schlump as "post-sexual," and I find that pretty believable. I can't imagine him havng the strength to swat a fly these days, much less grab a 😸.

Regardless of what that relationship may or may not consist of, I wonder how long it'll be before he turns on her. Nobody stays in his good graces forever, except maybe his kids, who he probably sees as projections of himself.

BaronChocula

(4,976 posts)
18. Or a character from one of those dragon-related series
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:29 PM
Yesterday

She'd be a member of the Trumpuglia clan.

Ilsa

(64,756 posts)
29. Oh, a Targaryen! Yeah she looks extremely fair.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:06 PM
Yesterday

I can't believe she'd want to see him naked.

BaronChocula

(4,976 posts)
56. Yes, Trumpuglia was a wordplay on "Tragaryen"
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:31 PM
Yesterday

I should have said Trumpuglian with an N.

Why would she want to see him naked? She must like mushrooms.

kimbutgar

(27,723 posts)
44. Melania must be relieved he now leaves her alone and is ok with his side chick
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:35 PM
Yesterday

She always looks disgusted and angry when she has to appear with him.

But the thought of seeing him naked or having sex makes me want to 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮! The smell must also horrendous !

SergeStorms

(21,058 posts)
23. He does has a certain "type".....
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:49 PM
Yesterday

doesn't he?

At 80 yrs. old, and with his rapidly deteriorating physical and mental health, I don't believe "the toadstool" works anymore.
I get ill just thinking about it.

purr-rat beauty

(1,661 posts)
17. Another Ivanka clone
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:28 PM
Yesterday

I have some sympathy for Ivanka because i can imagine what she faced as a child. Abused and groomed for sure

But this is straight giving up decency for an extra dollar. Freakish subservience.

Are people like her and Leavitt Epstein victims and have some serious Stockholm Syndrome?

She's a Liberty University grad too, says alot about her critical thinking.

tavernier

(14,578 posts)
20. I know that love is blind,
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:33 PM
Yesterday

but all of this one’s senses have completely gone numb, including the ability to smell.
I wonder if Melanie hired her?

TexLaProgressive

(12,840 posts)
22. Where is Melonia? Having more kidney surgery, yes?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

I mean what’s a woman to do when her man tore down her office.

Botany

(78,254 posts)
26. Melania was a prostitute before she met Trump and most likely doesn't care about Ms. Harp.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:58 PM
Yesterday

Last I read on the internet was she goes to the White House and Merde Logo when she is
needed, is paid to do so, and she had a boyfriend in NYC.

Orrex

(67,544 posts)
30. I don't think anything improper is going on
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:07 PM
Yesterday

After all, she’s way too old for him.

maxsolomon

(39,430 posts)
32. Welp, the mystery is solved.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:11 PM
Yesterday

He has an enabler for his divisive, insane posting. Since he's averse to doing any actual work and/or actual thinking, of course he farms it out.

31j20b3

(110 posts)
34. He'll grab her P***y and MAGA will fall in love with the bold sexist old man
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:14 PM
Yesterday

Sadly, it's just America as it currently is.

Justice matters.

(10,236 posts)
35. At 80 and demented, she may as well look like a 13-year-old
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:17 PM
Yesterday

to that disgusting gangster...

Boo1

(616 posts)
41. Those nighttime rants
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:27 PM
Yesterday

I suspect are approved during the day and she sets them to post overnight to make it look like he is awake. Truth is he's probably asleep 12-16 hours a day now

ffr

(23,459 posts)
42. Ew! Cringe-worthy! What next, bestiality parties at GOP headquarters?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:29 PM
Yesterday


Republicans are sickos.

struggle4progress

(127,207 posts)
48. It reminds me of the Manson family
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:41 PM
Yesterday
Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten laughing after receiving the death sentence

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manson-Family#/media/1/2112343/349800

GenThePerservering

(4,097 posts)
60. That's not the point - the point is MAGA virtue signals constantly
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:41 PM
23 hrs ago

Though Melania is probably glad this little twerp is occupying her husband so that she doens't have to deal with him.

Liberal In Texas

(16,544 posts)
61. She's a cult groupie.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:53 PM
21 hrs ago

Her brother says "obsession." I'm sure she will do anything he wants. Anything.

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