Natalie Harp, an executive assistant toPresident Donald Trumpbelieved to be in her mid 30s, has been identified byThe Wall Street Journalas the aide helping drive his late night social media bursts from the White House. According to the report, she selects posts for his Truth Social account, uploads them and gets his approval deep into the night.
The report follows weeks of scrutiny over Trump's overnight posting, which has intensified since he returned to office. Citing The Journal's analysis, The Daily Beast said the 79 year old president has posted about 8,800 times on Truth Social since his comeback, including at least 44 overnight stretches in which he shared a dozen or more posts between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Eastern time. Earlier reporting by The Daily Beast also suggested that, based on his activity between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., there were only five days in April whenTrump may have had a full night's sleep.
Trump's online output, as described byThe Journaland summarised byThe Daily Beast, appears to be more organised than spontaneous. Harp is said to sit at the centre of that operation.
Sources toldThe Journalthat Harp compiles printed drafts of potential posts, much of it drawn from MAGA aligned accounts on X and Truth Social. She reportedly takes the printouts to Trump for approval, then logs into his Truth Social account and publishes the posts he signs off on.
Trump still writes or uploads some posts himself. Crucially,The Journal'ssources said he personally approves everything published under his name. That point undercuts any suggestion that inflammatory material is appearing online without his knowledge.
Even so, some senior allies are said to be privately angry that an unelected aide is helping shape the president's public voice. According toThe Journal, officials have complained that Harp does not run proposed posts past the chief of staff, communications team or national security aides. Instead, she reportedly tells colleagues she works for Trump and answers only to him.
That frustration is tied to some of Trump's most controversial recent posts. The material attributed to Harp's efforts reportedly includes a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, along with anAI generated image portraying Trump as Jesus Christ. Both posts were later removed, but only after they spread widely and triggered criticism.
None of those complaints has been made publicly on the record. In public, the White House has framed Truth Social as an effective tool for direct communication.
In a statement toThe Journal, White House communications directorSteven Cheungdeclined to discuss 'internal deliberations of how the process works'. Instead, he praised Truth Social as the administration's most effective digital megaphone.
Cheung said the platform allows Trump to deliver 'unfiltered and direct thoughts to the American people, without the biased media taking him out of context'.
Source: International Business Times UK
