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Miles Archer

(24,225 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:51 AM Wednesday

Meet Natalie Harp, Trump's wretched MAGAt troll, who's behind his "middle of the night" social media splooges



Most nights, the president fires off dozens of posts attacking his political enemies, amplifying conspiracy theories, spreading AI-slop videos and images, and boosting offensive content from obscure MAGA accounts on X and his own Truth Social platform.

But despite the odd hours, Trump isn’t doing it all alone, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.

His executive assistant Natalie Harp is the driving force behind some of his most incendiary content, including a racist video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, and an AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus Christ, both of which Trump later took down.

Harp, who is in her mid-30s, brings the president stacks of printed-out drafts of social media posts—many of them recycling content from other accounts—for Trump to approve, sources told the Journal.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/natalie-harp-young-woman-fueling-trumps-wild-midnight-sprees-is-exposed/

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Meet Natalie Harp, Trump's wretched MAGAt troll, who's behind his "middle of the night" social media splooges (Original Post) Miles Archer Wednesday OP
She seems nice. Just his type, physically and emotionally. chicoescuela Wednesday #1
They're in it for the notoriety, I guess Miles Archer Wednesday #2
Right, first rule is to own the libs. chicoescuela Wednesday #4
Nice has nothing to do with it MadameButterfly Wednesday #17
He/she/they "seem nice" isn't always about pleasantries pertaining to individuals Niagara Wednesday #21
Exactly my intent chicoescuela Wednesday #62
I say that frequently myself Niagara Wednesday #63
Pretty and white. YodaMom2 Wednesday #37
Barbie type. paleotn Wednesday #43
Yes, but Cassidy Hutchinson slipped past their scrutiny MadameButterfly Wednesday #48
Money. She'll do anything for money. paleotn Wednesday #44
Nice house. Nobody home. Festivito Wednesday #61
How is this okay on any level? FalloutShelter Wednesday #3
If she's the one posting the Xtian Nationalist BS - haele Wednesday #12
You're right. On its face it's crazy. And it should be a bigger story - but here we are. harumph Wednesday #13
I know, right?!!! Hey Joe Wednesday #16
It may be working up to being a huge story. ShazzieB Yesterday #73
shithole early morning rants were in complete spelled correctly sentences................ Lovie777 Wednesday #5
Somehow I knew what she looked like before I clicked the link or saw the photo. n/t Mister Ed Wednesday #6
She surely does look hateful and miserable Jerry2144 Wednesday #8
Seems like a planted story to make Trump seem less crazy Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #7
I STILL say CHEUNG is the main driver here Miles Archer Wednesday #11
You keep saying this, and you are right GusBob Wednesday #14
They (his staff) probably queue a bunch of posts up via AI. haele Wednesday #15
She's got the Maralago look down to a tee. Boomerproud Wednesday #9
Yes indeed, Boomerproud! some_of_us_are_sane Wednesday #41
Her last name must have dropped a letter - Natalie Harpy seems... 3catwoman3 Wednesday #10
Heartbreaking, how so many women will degrade themselves for power and money. lindysalsagal Wednesday #18
Same with the men. niyad Wednesday #28
Does she also change the pedophile's shit-filled diaper on the hour? Blue Owl Wednesday #19
In her mid thirties........ AltairIV Wednesday #20
Blonde with a vacant look in her eyes; wrinkled ill-fitting Polly Hennessey Wednesday #22
Yes. The "y" not fooled Wednesday #60
She is a real "Christian Peach." Ms. Harp skipped the thou shall not lie part of her big book of Bible. Botany Wednesday #23
And pleasure him as well? Dr. T Wednesday #36
Liberty University, of course LymphocyteLover Wednesday #58
Great photo... Escape Wednesday #24
It was previously reported that 95% of Trump's posts come from Harp or Dan Scavino. Wiz Imp Wednesday #25
I never in a million years imagined it was actually him tapping those out on his iPhone ToxMarz Wednesday #26
i assumed he tapped them out earlier and released them at the samnsara Wednesday #27
I wouldn't doubt that he's the one actually sending them when they go out ToxMarz Wednesday #33
He probably uses the microphone. chowder66 Wednesday #47
That outfit looks like she slept in it, and went directly to this meeting. niyad Wednesday #29
Not surprised that someone else wrote the garbage karynnj Wednesday #30
not everyone thinks this is a great idea NJCher Wednesday #31
suzie looks wild and crazy like she just got caught doing something illegal--or insane like trump orleans Wednesday #52
Wonder if she provides any "extra services?" Vinca Wednesday #32
From wiki Botany Wednesday #34
"Delivering Papers"---🤭🤫🤐😉---👃💩🚽🤮 ---🤣🤣🤣🤣 ColoringFool Wednesday #40
Toilet papers? BattleRow Wednesday #56
Yes I've been giving too much credit to Stephen Miller FakeNoose Wednesday #35
I'm Shocked, SHOCKED, At Her Physical Appearance. 👱‍♀️🤖😄 ColoringFool Wednesday #38
Trump sure has a type. SunSeeker Wednesday #39
Sickening. Martin68 Wednesday #42
Automated insanity. hay rick Wednesday #45
A younger version of that biotch Susie Wiles.looks weirdly like her. BradBo Wednesday #46
Dan Scavno has been de-throned nt Ruby the Liberal Wednesday #49
I don't think he has a role in the 2nd term FakeNoose Wednesday #50
what a soulless piece of flesh UpInArms Wednesday #51
An attractive blonde? Go figure misanthrope Wednesday #53
Don't often say this about a woman, but... roscoeroscoe Wednesday #54
Wiles has that... Snackshack Wednesday #55
Sorry, but anybody who is sitting up with TSF at all hours is up to no good. allegorical oracle Wednesday #57
Can you imagine a job that's... S/V Loner Wednesday #59
So... BurnDoubt Wednesday #64
She's his "type" and he's with her in the middle of the night. Hmmmmm 🧐🧐 live love laugh Wednesday #65
WSJ: Trump's assistant has frustrated officials over her access to president's Truth Social - MS NOW Reports Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #66
Performative scapegoating imho live love laugh Yesterday #72
So Natalie is Chump's Harpie. Hassler Wednesday #67
Looks like Ivanka. carpetbagger Wednesday #68
Allow me to be blunt Roy Rolling Yesterday #69
File under: More giving the sob the benefit of the doubt. B.See Yesterday #70
Auditioning to be Mrs. Trump #4? DebbieCDC Yesterday #71

chicoescuela

(3,185 posts)
1. She seems nice. Just his type, physically and emotionally.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:53 AM
Wednesday

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Miles Archer

(24,225 posts)
2. They're in it for the notoriety, I guess
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:57 AM
Wednesday

Cheung seems to relish the vulgar, combative, "your MOTHER" troll posts.

Others know that Trump's message is divisive, and they like to be the one swinging the hammer and driving that spike.

All of these people are convinced Trump's toxicity is only gonna hurt the libs, and that they're on some kind of plateau where they'll remain unscathed.

chicoescuela

(3,185 posts)
4. Right, first rule is to own the libs.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:04 AM
Wednesday

Seems like a successful strategy, the dumb shit does aggravates me

MadameButterfly

(4,153 posts)
17. Nice has nothing to do with it
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:56 AM
Wednesday

She's pretty. That's a requirement to be a woman working with Trump. He can't see past that. These are the criteria that are running our country.

Niagara

(12,092 posts)
21. He/she/they "seem nice" isn't always about pleasantries pertaining to individuals
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:14 AM
Wednesday

It can be used in a sarcastic tone about unpleasant, horrible, or disagreeable individuals.

MadameButterfly

(4,153 posts)
48. Yes, but Cassidy Hutchinson slipped past their scrutiny
Wed May 13, 2026, 12:19 PM
Wednesday

Perhaps they'll make sure the pretty women from now on aren't also smart.

paleotn

(22,652 posts)
44. Money. She'll do anything for money.
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:41 AM
Wednesday

And given her probable lack of intellect and scruples, her options are limited.

FalloutShelter

(14,606 posts)
3. How is this okay on any level?
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:00 AM
Wednesday

Old man with dementia and zero filters and impulse control is being fed a steady diet of garbage to post in the middle of the night?

WTAF is going on here? Why is this not a bigger story? Who is running her?
When does she prompt him to post about a nuclear attack on another country?

haele

(15,586 posts)
12. If she's the one posting the Xtian Nationalist BS -
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:29 AM
Wednesday

She's like Hucklebee, Paula White, Kegsbreath, Falwell et al ...
Gezus is coming, so we need to look busy doing the Lords work smiting infidels and heretics, purifying the Promise Land before Armeggeddon.
That, and grift as much money and power as we can while the World ship is going down, because we're all gonna die.
They are selfish, nihilistic people who need to feel special, and cannot conceive that the World can contain anyone other than themselves. They are the Protagonists in their own story, and everyone else -their parents, their spouses, their kids, their BFFs - are all NPCs.

harumph

(3,402 posts)
13. You're right. On its face it's crazy. And it should be a bigger story - but here we are.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:29 AM
Wednesday

It is as you allude, completely inappropriate. I do know that when this fever is over we need to fund a PAC of "hounds" to follow the various enablers on social media and elsewhere and make them miserable, unemployable and desperate until they die. They have shamelessly betrayed everyone in this country with their crass ambitions. I have come to believe that forgiveness is wasted on those without the willingness to change and it just enables more of this crap in the next election cycle.

Hey Joe

(792 posts)
16. I know, right?!!!
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:53 AM
Wednesday

If ANY previous president had even come close to what this thing is doing, they would have been hounded out of office by the media and the public.
We have gone insane in this country due to moral bankruptcy and social media platforms.
Just how bad does it have to get before more people and organizations speak out?

ShazzieB

(22,855 posts)
73. It may be working up to being a huge story.
Thu May 14, 2026, 05:30 AM
Yesterday

Looks like it's just getting started. I did a quick Google and found many places where it's already shown up.

Lovie777

(23,674 posts)
5. shithole early morning rants were in complete spelled correctly sentences................
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:05 AM
Wednesday

off the wall, evil, hateful, and as I assumed written by someone else.

I was right.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,010 posts)
7. Seems like a planted story to make Trump seem less crazy
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:13 AM
Wednesday

Sure, Harp posts after business hours, but she’s not the one posting incoherent rants at 2am.

Miles Archer

(24,225 posts)
11. I STILL say CHEUNG is the main driver here
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:25 AM
Wednesday

He has a pretty unmistakable stench. When I drive down the road and someone's hit a skunk and it comes in my vents, I never say "What's that smell?"

So if Harp is doing this, she's running it by Cheung.

GusBob

(8,301 posts)
14. You keep saying this, and you are right
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:36 AM
Wednesday

If you delve into the WSJ article that this story comes from, Cheung is approving her work

Its down the page but yeah, its on him

The WSJ article was posted here yesterday

haele

(15,586 posts)
15. They (his staff) probably queue a bunch of posts up via AI.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:42 AM
Wednesday

All he has to do is log onto the site, and the AI can bring up a random selection of screeds, pictures, and videos he can just press the button to post.
That's how he can squat out 2 or 3 longer "posts" in a minute at 0140 in the morning, then again 10 minutes later for a couple hours.
It's simple code work.
They can probably prompt a Grok chatbot to scrape X or 4chan, repost a troll post from there and mimic the reply from him on Truth Social.
They're probably telling him that he can control the AI with his thoughts...

Boomerproud

(9,352 posts)
9. She's got the Maralago look down to a tee.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:21 AM
Wednesday

I just want to know how much taxpayers are financing her.

AltairIV

(1,067 posts)
20. In her mid thirties........
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:02 AM
Wednesday

......shouldn't she be home with her 6 children, home schooling them instead of stealing a job from a real , low IQ, white male?

Polly Hennessey

(8,957 posts)
22. Blonde with a vacant look in her eyes; wrinkled ill-fitting
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:16 AM
Wednesday

suit. Yep, a Mar-a-Lago harpy, for sure.

Botany

(77,823 posts)
23. She is a real "Christian Peach." Ms. Harp skipped the thou shall not lie part of her big book of Bible.
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:27 AM
Wednesday

Education Point Loma Nazarene University (BA)
Liberty University (MBA)

************



She brings Trump this crap to his private residence after hours.

Dr. T

(703 posts)
36. And pleasure him as well?
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:20 AM
Wednesday

I'm sure Malania is more that happy to off-load that particular chore.

Escape

(511 posts)
24. Great photo...
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:30 AM
Wednesday

Happy bunch , ain't they?

That pic captures the ugliness and stress of Trumpland.

ToxMarz

(3,053 posts)
26. I never in a million years imagined it was actually him tapping those out on his iPhone
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:33 AM
Wednesday

in the middle of the night with those short fingered vulgarinan thumbs.

samnsara

(18,781 posts)
27. i assumed he tapped them out earlier and released them at the
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:37 AM
Wednesday

most inappropriate time....

ToxMarz

(3,053 posts)
33. I wouldn't doubt that he's the one actually sending them when they go out
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:07 AM
Wednesday

but I doubt his fat little fingers and addled brain is whipping them out in rapid succession like some stream of consciousness.

karynnj

(61,083 posts)
30. Not surprised that someone else wrote the garbage
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:47 AM
Wednesday

To me, the hardest thing to get my mind around is WHY? In a normal administration, which this isn't, it would not be normal for the President to say the disgusting things he does. I remember Presidents apologizing for off mic statements that NEVER rose to Trump level.

I assume this garbage is to make us feel terrible, while reinforcing the racism and hatred of the worst of his base. They want this in spite of the fact that it horrifies our allies.

NJCher

(43,479 posts)
31. not everyone thinks this is a great idea
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:59 AM
Wednesday

from the article:
snip
The process has frustrated some White House officials because Harp doesn’t share her proposed posts with the chief of staff’s office, communications aides, or national-security officials, sources told the Journal.
snip

Now scroll up and look at Chief of Staff Suzie's face, over on the left.

orleans

(37,167 posts)
52. suzie looks wild and crazy like she just got caught doing something illegal--or insane like trump
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:25 PM
Wednesday

walking out in front of cameras with the IV hose suzie plugged into him before she had a chance to stop him

i don't think it has much to do with harpy or whatever that bitch's name is

Botany

(77,823 posts)
34. From wiki
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:10 AM
Wednesday

In his book All or Nothing (2025), the journalist Michael Wolff described Harp as a "gatekeeper".[3] According to the journalist Alex Isenstadt, in one instance, Trump's wife Melania discovered Harp in his private quarters—an area reserved for the Trump family—delivering papers to him at night.

ColoringFool

(1,046 posts)
40. "Delivering Papers"---🤭🤫🤐😉---👃💩🚽🤮 ---🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:33 AM
Wednesday

Trust---Melania was relieved to see her there!

😄😄😄😄😄😄

FakeNoose

(42,353 posts)
35. Yes I've been giving too much credit to Stephen Miller
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:16 AM
Wednesday

This is the work of several right-wing trolls at the White House, and Miller is only one of them. He was the original but now it's being outsourced to staffers who really compete with each other in their anonymous nastiness.

These people are pigs in the worst sense. I want to see them doxxed. Please out them on the internet.

hay rick

(9,708 posts)
45. Automated insanity.
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:46 AM
Wednesday

Wow! It explains a lot- especially the range of topics and volume of the posts.

This story coming out now also looks like a cynical attempt to insulate Trump from criticism and responsibility: the baby has diarrhea because somebody keeps feeding him chocolate...

FakeNoose

(42,353 posts)
50. I don't think he has a role in the 2nd term
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:19 PM
Wednesday

Most of the 1st term staffers are long gone now, other than Peter Navarro and maybe one or 2 others.

Snackshack

(2,596 posts)
55. Wiles has that...
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:41 PM
Wednesday

Wile E Coyote look like she is always scheming the next new plan to catch the Roadrunner.

allegorical oracle

(6,569 posts)
57. Sorry, but anybody who is sitting up with TSF at all hours is up to no good.
Wed May 13, 2026, 04:02 PM
Wednesday

Her whatever religion surely isn't mine.

S/V Loner

(9,559 posts)
59. Can you imagine a job that's...
Wed May 13, 2026, 04:59 PM
Wednesday

only reason to exist is to sow discourse and hate among your fellow Americans?
Only a psycho would be proud of that and sleep well at night.

carpetbagger

(5,515 posts)
68. Looks like Ivanka.
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:20 PM
Wednesday

There, I said it. Are they sleeping together? Depends on if he's got operating machinery pushing 80. Does he have the hots for her? She's probably like a daughter to him. Does it explain his wife's absence from the China trip? 50-50.

Roy Rolling

(7,703 posts)
69. Allow me to be blunt
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:22 AM
Yesterday

My perspective will be that of decades of up-close work in films and TV.

This bimbo isn’t as hot as made out to be. Compared with the most beautiful women “in Hollywood” and elsewhere, she’s nice, but never a leading role nice.

Trump is a third-rate, delusions of grandeur actor who runs a reality-TV cult. He surrounds himself with D-list characters and thinks he’s successful, in the same way Harvey Weinstein and Jeff Epstein did. He pays for his friends and women, otherwise the smell is too much to bear.

B.See

(8,809 posts)
70. File under: More giving the sob the benefit of the doubt.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:36 AM
Yesterday

It's of no matter to me who produces it or who puts it out.

BOTTOM LINE, he approves it, defends it, and often double down. He's quick to axe people who DON'T do what he wants. So if they're still there, then he must be fine with ALL of it.

F(orget) this 'he's not responsible' bs.

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