A seemingly awkward encounter between President Donald Trump and his ever-present âhuman printerâ has been immortalized in new photos Tuesday.
Images taken by Reutersâ Jonathan Ernst just outside the Oval Office captured Trump, 80, looking sour as he pointed a finger in the direction of his 35-year-old aide Natalie Harp.
A series of photos showed the inseparable duo making their way back to the White House from the launch of America.gov, a new AI-powered website promising to provide Americans with âsimple answers only from official government sources.â
Several photos showed Harp, dressed in an all-white ensemble, smiling as a scowling Trump held up his pointer finger. In one image, Harp appeared to be looking at someone out of frame.
Another photo showed that the person Harp and Trump were looking at was Bill Pulte, the MAGA loyalist installed as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Two other photos captured Harp getting out of a vehicle and trailing behind her boss, who was sour-faced as he looked in the direction of the cameras.
The story behind the photos was unclear, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though social media users were quick to speculate on X.
âLooks like heâs unhappy sheâs not wearing the Florsheimâs he gifted her,â one person quipped, referring to Trumpâs penchant for gifting tacky dress shoes to those in his inner circle.
âIs he telling her to heel? đ§â a second user wondered out loud.
Harp earned the moniker âhuman printerâ by following Trump around and fulfilling his every request, including fetching merchandise, performing Google searches, printing stories from right-wing websites, and suggesting possible Truth Social posts. She earns a taxpayer-funded salary of $150,000 a year as the special assistant and executive assistant to the president.
The one-time anchor and host at the right-wing news network One America News began working for Trump in 2022 after crediting Trumpâs 2018 Right to Try Act with saving her from stage 2 bone cancer.
The âhuman printerâ was spotted in action over the weekend, holding up a laptop to the president as he watched a football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the top-ranked Texas Longhorns at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Harp was thrust into the spotlight after Sen. Jon Ossoff pointed out her unusually close relationship with the president.
âHe golfs and trades stocks,â the Georgia Democrat, 39, said of Trump at a campaign rally in August. âSee, he doesnât want to do the job; he wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.â
Reporting by longtime Trumpworld insiders Michael Wolff, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Swan over the years has indicated that Harpâs constant presence around Trump has stirred concern within his inner circle. The controversy kicked into high gear after the Daily Beast published two fawning letters Harp wrote for her boss in 2023.
âI want things to always be right between us,â she said. âYou are all that matters to me. I donât want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life.â
