As Donald Trump’s presidency enters its final stretch, the MAGA movement appears battered by last week’s midterm results — perhaps even beyond repair. Yet the president seems less focused on how history will remember him than on the steady stream of young, attractive and politically inexperienced women who surround him with what often looks like unquestioning admiration.
More like groupies than government advisers.
Is this really the image Trump wants to leave behind?
The contrast is striking, and politically damaging. Just days before the 2016 election, Trump was nearly derailed by the Access Hollywood recording in which he spoke about grabbing women. Eight years later, he mounted one of the most remarkable comebacks in modern political history, presenting himself in 2024 as a defender of women — promising tougher border enforcement against violent criminals, invoking the deaths of Jocelyn Nungaray and Laken Riley, and pledging to remove biological men from women’s sports and spaces.
That version of Trump now seems to have disappeared. In its place is a president increasingly compared to a modern-day Henry VIII — though instead of ordering unwanted women executed, he appears to cast them aside when their usefulness or appeal fades.
The latest figure to unsettle the more conventional members of Trump’s inner circle is Natalie Harp, a 35-year-old former television personality. She recently drew attention after a mystery woman was heard giggling in the background while Trump spoke by phone with C-SPAN during a live broadcast on Monday night. It has not been confirmed that the woman was Harp, although she is known to help handle calls on Trump’s personal cellphone.
The timing could hardly be more consequential. Democrats have swept both chambers of Congress, are preparing efforts to impeach Trump’s Secretary of War and are examining allegations involving members of his family and administration. Yet Trump appears increasingly absorbed by Harp, who reportedly works without taking days off and has recently moved into the President’s dining room to continue her duties.
Critics have nicknamed Harp “the human printer,” a reference to the physical printer she reportedly carries while accompanying Trump around the White House and elsewhere.
Critics have dubbed Natalie Harp “the human printer” because she reportedly carries a printer while accompanying the President
She has reportedly run behind Trump’s golf cart on the course and sent him intensely personal devotional letters, excerpts of which were published by the New York Times.
“I never want to bring you anything but joy,” Harp wrote. “You are all that matters to me.”
In another passage, she described Trump as her “Guardian and Protector in this life.”
Harp was also reportedly with Trump in the White House residence as the midterm results came in last week. Melania Trump was not present and, according to reports, did not watch the returns.
The other prominent woman beside Trump that evening was his chief of staff, Susie Wiles — a famously loyal political operator credited with helping secure his 2024 victory against the odds. She continued working while undergoing cancer treatment.
Reports say Trump later forced Wiles out of the Oval Office on November 5, shouting at her and blaming her for the midterm losses. Wiles, who does not fit the physical profile of several other women in Trump’s orbit, submitted her resignation before the president could dismiss her.
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Politico reported in September that Trump gave Harp $45,000 as a “cash gift for the holidays.” That payment came in addition to her $150,000 taxpayer-funded salary as an executive assistant to the President.
Harp appears to have taken the place once occupied by Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist who has described 9/11 as an “inside job.” Despite those views, Loomer stood alongside Trump at the September 11 memorial in 2024. She also faced criticism for a racist remark about Kamala Harris, saying the White House would “smell like curry” if Harris won.
Like Harp, Loomer has travelled with Trump aboard his private aircraft.
Other women have passed through Trumpworld more briefly, including Katie Zacharia, a former beauty-pageant contestant who served only five days as White House press secretary in October.
Together, these episodes create the impression of a revolving door — one seemingly driven less by competence and experience than by personal devotion to power.
Susie Wiles (left), who does not resemble many of Trump’s other female advisers, resigned before the President could fire her last week
Katie Zacharia (pictured), a former beauty-pageant contestant, was among the shorter-lived figures in Trumpworld, lasting five days as White House press secretary
The contrast recalls Trump’s infamous 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton, when he invited four women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct to attend.
The message then was unmistakable: Trump might be known as a New York playboy, but he wanted voters to see him as a serious leader.
Today, the picture looks very different. The president of the United States appears preoccupied with the praise of younger women, even when that fixation threatens to overshadow his political record and damage his legacy.
Some members of Trump’s own staff are reportedly exasperated.
“They like to say that behind every successful man is a strong woman,” a senior administration official tells Our News Outlet.
“Behind this president is a clique that turned the West Wing into a lunch table… A presidency can survive its enemies, but this one clearly cannot afford a mean-girl machine that would rather own the room than leave a legacy.”
The question now is whether Trump will listen to those warnings — or leave office with both a damaged legacy and a ballroom to remember him by.
