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White House Defends Assistant Natalie Harp After Ossoff Criticism

8/19/2026

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Trump Defends Harp

U.S. President Donald Trump defended assistant Natalie Harp after Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) denounced Trump’s flight as a “defenseless flying palace” at an Intelligence Committee hearing.
At an Oval Office event honoring a lifeguard, CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes asked Trump to answer Ossoff’s criticism.
Trump called Holmes “very disrespectful” and “fake news” in response.
The White House Rapid Response team labeled Holmes’s question a “cheap shot” at Harp on X.

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Harp Prints

Natalie Harp, former One America News anchor, earns $150,000 as the White House executive assistant to President Donald Trump.
She carries a portable printer to give Trump op-eds and drafts, earning the nickname “human printer,” and rode a military jet out of Turkey after a security alert.
Brother Preston told The Daily Beast she sees Trump as a father figure and called their relationship “very unhealthy,” prompting White House speculation.

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Trump Defends Harp

U.S. President Donald Trump defended assistant Natalie Harp after Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) denounced Trump’s flight as a “defenseless flying palace” at an Intelligence Committee hearing.
At an Oval Office event honoring a lifeguard, CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes asked Trump to answer Ossoff’s criticism.
Trump called Holmes “very disrespectful” and “fake news” in response.
The White House Rapid Response team labeled Holmes’s question a “cheap shot” at Harp on X.

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