Anyone still unconvinced that parts of the mainstream press instinctively run defense for Democrats need only look at the treatment of Natalie Harp.
On Sunday, Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff — mocked by some in the White House as either Pee-Wee Herman or Jon Jackoff — took a crude swipe at Harp, the 35-year-old aide widely regarded as indispensable to President Donald Trump, with remarks critics say deliberately echoed the Monica Lewinsky era.
‘[Trump] doesn’t 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,’ the baby-faced 2028 presidential hopeful, who has reportedly spent thousands on campaign-trail makeup, read from a teleprompter.
In other words, this was not an off-the-cuff gaffe. The line appeared scripted, calculated and intended to land.
So how did many liberal journalists — who routinely cast themselves as guardians of women against ugly, sexist attacks — react when a young female aide became the target?
They applauded it.
‘His “travel with Natalie” line… showed a sophisticated understanding of the social media environment,’ CNN’s Brian Stelter wrote approvingly.
Anyone still unconvinced that parts of the mainstream press instinctively run defense for Democrats need only look at the treatment of Natalie Harp
‘[Trump] doesn’t 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,’ said Ossoff.
The New York Times dutifully followed. ‘[Harp] caught the president’s eye,’ during a TV appearance in 2019, they suggestively wrote, identifying Harp as a ‘platinum blonde geyser of positivity, there to buck [Trump] up when the going gets rough.’
Look, I don’t fault Americans for curiosity. And if you choose to work for the president, the scrutiny comes with the territory. But the seeing these MeToo warriors turn on their heels to do the Democrats’ bidding is just too much to ignore.
But who is Natalie? She’s Trump’s ‘body woman,’ ubiquitously by his side, through thick and thinning hair. Every president and big-time politico has one.
President Barack Obama relied on Reggie, a former Duke basketball player. Homophobe Washington gossips were convinced these fellas got sweaty doing more than playing hoops.
Hillary Clinton was famously joined at the hip to Huma Abedin (now Mrs Alex Soros, ick!), and tongue waggers swore there was a genuine Sapphic connection betwixt them.
Joe Biden didn’t have a ‘body man’ because he was basically a walking corpse shuffling through the West Wing looking for ice cream.
But my point is that the arrangement is not that strange. What does give me pause are – the letters.
Harp reportedly leaves Trump gooey notes that, frankly, border on the bizarre. ‘I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland,’ she wrote to Trump after she was seen running behind his golf cart during a May 2023 trip.
‘I want things to always be right between us. I also know I’ve been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time),’ she continued in the letter published by Our News Outlet last year.
‘With all my heart, Natalie,’ she closed.
Why the seemingly fanatic devotion? Well, Natalie credits her boss with saving her life. Not romantically, literally. She was diagnosed with an almost certainly fatal form of stage-two bone cancer in 2018, and after two failed rounds of chemo rolled the dice on a non-FDA approved treatment thanks to Trump’s Right-to-Try legislation.
After the experimental gamble saved her life, she gushed: ‘I’m not dying from cancer any more thanks to President Trump, I’m living with cancer.’
The fetching loyalist is also known as ‘the human printer,’ reportedly carrying a portable printer to rattle off news articles for the luddite commander-in-chief.
Harp (far, right with White House staff) reportedly leaves Trump gooey notes that, frankly, border on the bizarre
President Barack Obama relied on Reggie, a former Duke basketball player. Homophobe Washington gossips were convinced these fellas got sweaty doing more than playing hoops
Hillary Clinton was famously joined at the hip to Huma Abedin (now Mrs Alex Soros, ick!), and tongue waggers swore there was a genuine Sapphic connection betwixt them
A close friend of the president who knows Natalie confided to me: ‘She works her a** off, she’s a really good kid and loyal as can be. Jon Ossoff was way out of line, there was no reason to attack Natalie. She hasn’t done anything wrong.’
Maybe that’s why reaction from the White House and conservative circles has been so swift. They knew that biased journalists would take this insult and run with it.
Trump’s first term inspired whispers of body doubles and ‘fake Melanias’ who, according to conspiracy theorists, filled in for the crowd shy First Spouse. Now that Melania is doing even fewer public appearances (you can’t really blame her after the family has endured more assassination attempts than the Avengers), weirdos like Jon Ossoff have had to invent new scandals.
But I’m not buying this one. Let’s remember, folks. President Trump is 80. He’s not exactly the notorious Casanova of decades ago.
And to the Dems and their media ghouls: Scoring political points by dragging a hardworking cancer survivor is rancid, even by today’s standards.
Hot girl summer
Outgoing Congresswoman Nancy Mace hastily covered her body in nine new ‘freaky tattoos,’ as they were described by the president, since being elected in 2020.
After quitting the House and losing her bid for South Carolina governor, Mace debuted the ink in saucy bikini pics and tank tops on her new YouTube show.
Eagle-eyed rock fans are comparing her to late-stage Steven Tyler.
You know what, I see it, too.
After quitting the House and losing her bid for South Carolina governor, Mace debuted the ink in saucy bikini pics and tank tops on her new YouTube show
Who needs Ossoff?
Andrew Gillum was an alligator’s tail away from becoming Florida’s Democratic Governor but now the disgraced ex-Tallahassee mayor is swapping prison orange for rehab jammies.
In early July, Gillum was pulled over for erratic driving and cops found meth, pre-rolled joints, cut straws and a bong in his car.
Now, after testing positive for meth he’s back in custody. He’s one groping accusation away from being the 2028 Democratic front runner.
Free the nipple
Nutty Brooks Nader just can’t seem to keep the girls at home.
The reality TV star went looking for more attention in all the wrong ways, leaving nothing to the imagination by going topless on a yacht in Positano, Italy in front of her dad, her God and the paparazzi.
Rep Nancy, are you taking notes?
Nutty Brooks Nader just can’t seem to keep the girls at home
Dingo ate my demon
‘It’ girl Kaia Gerber says her supermodel mom Cindy Crawford was so convinced that the fruit of her beautiful loins was possessed by the supernatural that she hired an exorcist.
‘I was told I was possessed as a child,’ the 24-year-old Shards actress said.
Cindy and hubby Rande apparently ordered up some weirdo cleric to go medieval on poor little Kaia: ‘They played a didgeridoo all over me. That’s how they did the exorcism.’
Did it work?
‘It’ girl Kaia Gerber says her supermodel mom Cindy Crawford was so convinced that the fruit of her beautiful loins was possessed by the supernatural that she hired an exorcist
Thriller
Speaking of unconventional therapeutics, Michael Jackson’s daughter skipped the Aboriginal treatments, but kept things archaic.
After seeking help at five different mental health facilities and being put on ‘a conveyor belt of medications,’ Paris, 28, revealed she underwent at least nine rounds of electroshock therapy: ‘You’re knocked out and then they shock you.’
Regressive party
A socialist lawmaker in Brooklyn says shoplifters have a right to steal items like soap and toothpaste because of their ‘biological need’ for the products.
You know what else is a biological need?
A brain.
She should get one.
