Who is Natalie Harp? That’s the big question everyone has been asking, and there’s so much to discuss. Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty joins me on the latest episode of The Daily Beast Podcast to talk about the 35-year-old, blonde “glued” to Donald Trump. She’s one of the president’s closest aides and a powerful gatekeeper—and that gives her extraordinary access to Trump. Let’s get into it:
Friend-in-chief: Natalie is a key person who follows the president around, essentially giving him whatever he needs and working out who he’s interacting with. It sounds almost like a friend, right? Being a president seems like a lonely job, so it’s understandable why Trump has all these people around him. But Hugh points out that with Natalie, it goes way beyond just helping him out. She appears to be “controlling access” to Trump and the information he’s given.