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Why is the White House being so weird about Natalie Harp again? | Arwa Mahdawi
The president’s assistant travelled with him to Ireland – which really shouldn’t be much of a story. But his comms team seems determined to make it one Passport, money, emotional support human: Donald Trump had all the travel essentials on his recent trip to Ireland . The president flew into Dublin on Saturday morning to play golf, meet the country’s leaders and make provocative comments about unification . Melania didn’t accompany her husband on the trip (“Uh, she sends her regards,” Trump said), but his devoted aide Natalie Harp was obviously at his side. You’ll know Harp: the 35-year-old assistant was headline news last month after Democratic senator Jon Ossoff quipped that Trump didn’t want to do his job; he just wanted to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie”. That comment would have been quickly forgotten were it not for the Trump administration’s unhinged response (sample:
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The president’s assistant travelled with him to Ireland – which really shouldn’t be much of a story. But his comms team seems determined to make it one Passport, money, emotional support human: Donald Trump had all the travel essentials on his recent trip to Ireland . The president flew into Dublin on Saturday morning to play golf, meet the country’s leaders and make provocative comments about unification . Melania didn’t accompany her husband on the trip (“Uh, she sends her regards,” Trump said), but his devoted aide Natalie Harp was obviously at his side. You’ll know Harp: the 35-year-old assistant was headline news last month after Democratic senator Jon Ossoff quipped that Trump didn’t want to do his job; he just wanted to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie”. That comment would have been quickly forgotten were it not for the Trump administration’s unhinged response (sample:
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Why is the White House being so weird about Natalie Harp again? | Arwa Mahdawi, The president’s assistant travelled with him to Ireland – which really shouldn’t be much of a story. But his comms team seems determined to make it one Passport, money, emotional support human: Donald Trump had all the travel essentials on his recent trip to Ireland . The president flew into Dublin on Saturday morning to play golf, meet the country’s leaders and make provocative comments about unification . Melania didn’t accompany her husband on the trip (“Uh, she sends her regards,” Trump said), but his devoted aide Natalie Harp was obviously at his side. You’ll know Harp: the 35-year-old assistant was headline news last month after Democratic senator Jon Ossoff quipped that Trump didn’t want to do his job; he just wanted to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie”. That comment would have been quickly forgotten were it not for the Trump administration’s unhinged response (sample:
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