The role of the mysterious assistant according to official court data Carry a “wireless printer” and provide the former president with a “constant stream of good news from the Internet”.

Only good news

Of course, Maggie Haberman’s first reaction was to assume that this was some kind of mistake. However, upon examination, it turned out that the assistant was quite real. Her name is Natalie Harp. He is the former host of the far-right and pro-Trump cable channel One America News, who joined the former president’s communications team in March 2022.

This follows claims that he “saved his life” by approving an immunotherapy drug that cured him of a rare form of cancer. The Trump administration then enacted the Right to Try Act, which green-lighted a number of new treatments. Many people later called this law “just smoke and mirrors”, implying that it did not produce results.

According to the same 2022 Washington Post report, Harp accompanied his boss in a car on golf outings, “equipped with a laptop and sometimes a printer to show him encouraging news, internet postings, or other material”.

But that’s not all. Other aides were instructed to ask Trump’s allies to call him, according to the Washington Post. “Encourage him with positive statements”.

Of course, no one knows what news Natalie Harp will bring to Trump.