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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet Natalie Harp, Trump's wretched MAGAt troll, who's behind his "middle of the night" social media splooges

Most nights, the president fires off dozens of posts attacking his political enemies, amplifying conspiracy theories, spreading AI-slop videos and images, and boosting offensive content from obscure MAGA accounts on X and his own Truth Social platform.
But despite the odd hours, Trump isnt doing it all alone, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.
His executive assistant Natalie Harp is the driving force behind some of his most incendiary content, including a racist video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, and an AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus Christ, both of which Trump later took down.
Harp, who is in her mid-30s, brings the president stacks of printed-out drafts of social media postsmany of them recycling content from other accountsfor Trump to approve, sources told the Journal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/natalie-harp-young-woman-fueling-trumps-wild-midnight-sprees-is-exposed/
chicoescuela
(3,176 posts)What the hell is wrong with these people?
Miles Archer
(24,180 posts)Cheung seems to relish the vulgar, combative, "your MOTHER" troll posts.
Others know that Trump's message is divisive, and they like to be the one swinging the hammer and driving that spike.
All of these people are convinced Trump's toxicity is only gonna hurt the libs, and that they're on some kind of plateau where they'll remain unscathed.
chicoescuela
(3,176 posts)Seems like a successful strategy, the dumb shit does aggravates me
MadameButterfly
(4,145 posts)She's pretty. That's a requirement to be a woman working with Trump. He can't see past that. These are the criteria that are running our country.
Niagara
(12,087 posts)It can be used in a sarcastic tone about unpleasant, horrible, or disagreeable individuals.
YodaMom2
(211 posts)That second part is a must.
paleotn
(22,641 posts)With about as much cerebral horsepower as a plastic doll.
MadameButterfly
(4,145 posts)Perhaps they'll make sure the pretty women from now on aren't also smart.
paleotn
(22,641 posts)And given her probable lack of intellect and scruples, her options are limited.
FalloutShelter
(14,605 posts)Old man with dementia and zero filters and impulse control is being fed a steady diet of garbage to post in the middle of the night?
WTAF is going on here? Why is this not a bigger story? Who is running her?
When does she prompt him to post about a nuclear attack on another country?
haele
(15,578 posts)She's like Hucklebee, Paula White, Kegsbreath, Falwell et al ...
Gezus is coming, so we need to look busy doing the Lords work smiting infidels and heretics, purifying the Promise Land before Armeggeddon.
That, and grift as much money and power as we can while the World ship is going down, because we're all gonna die.
They are selfish, nihilistic people who need to feel special, and cannot conceive that the World can contain anyone other than themselves. They are the Protagonists in their own story, and everyone else -their parents, their spouses, their kids, their BFFs - are all NPCs.
harumph
(3,393 posts)It is as you allude, completely inappropriate. I do know that when this fever is over we need to fund a PAC of "hounds" to follow the various enablers on social media and elsewhere and make them miserable, unemployable and desperate until they die. They have shamelessly betrayed everyone in this country with their crass ambitions. I have come to believe that forgiveness is wasted on those without the willingness to change and it just enables more of this crap in the next election cycle.
Hey Joe
(786 posts)If ANY previous president had even come close to what this thing is doing, they would have been hounded out of office by the media and the public.
We have gone insane in this country due to moral bankruptcy and social media platforms.
Just how bad does it have to get before more people and organizations speak out?
Lovie777
(23,620 posts)off the wall, evil, hateful, and as I assumed written by someone else.
I was right.
Mister Ed
(6,978 posts)Jerry2144
(3,312 posts)No joy of life showing in her face
Fiendish Thingy
(23,969 posts)Sure, Harp posts after business hours, but shes not the one posting incoherent rants at 2am.
Miles Archer
(24,180 posts)He has a pretty unmistakable stench. When I drive down the road and someone's hit a skunk and it comes in my vents, I never say "What's that smell?"
So if Harp is doing this, she's running it by Cheung.
GusBob
(8,299 posts)If you delve into the WSJ article that this story comes from, Cheung is approving her work
Its down the page but yeah, its on him
The WSJ article was posted here yesterday
haele
(15,578 posts)All he has to do is log onto the site, and the AI can bring up a random selection of screeds, pictures, and videos he can just press the button to post.
That's how he can squat out 2 or 3 longer "posts" in a minute at 0140 in the morning, then again 10 minutes later for a couple hours.
It's simple code work.
They can probably prompt a Grok chatbot to scrape X or 4chan, repost a troll post from there and mimic the reply from him on Truth Social.
They're probably telling him that he can control the AI with his thoughts...
Boomerproud
(9,350 posts)I just want to know how much taxpayers are financing her.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,539 posts)3catwoman3
(29,754 posts)...more appropriate.
lindysalsagal
(22,988 posts)niyad
(133,884 posts)Blue Owl
(59,586 posts)AltairIV
(1,067 posts)......shouldn't she be home with her 6 children, home schooling them instead of stealing a job from a real , low IQ, white male?
Polly Hennessey
(8,950 posts)suit. Yep, a Mar-a-Lago harpy, for sure.
Botany
(77,805 posts)Education Point Loma Nazarene University (BA)
Liberty University (MBA)
************

She brings Trump this crap to his private residence after hours.
Dr. T
(701 posts)I'm sure Malania is more that happy to off-load that particular chore.
Escape
(511 posts)Happy bunch , ain't they?
That pic captures the ugliness and stress of Trumpland.
Wiz Imp
(10,358 posts)ToxMarz
(3,048 posts)in the middle of the night with those short fingered vulgarinan thumbs.
samnsara
(18,781 posts)most inappropriate time....
ToxMarz
(3,048 posts)but I doubt his fat little fingers and addled brain is whipping them out in rapid succession like some stream of consciousness.
chowder66
(12,483 posts)niyad
(133,884 posts)karynnj
(61,078 posts)To me, the hardest thing to get my mind around is WHY? In a normal administration, which this isn't, it would not be normal for the President to say the disgusting things he does. I remember Presidents apologizing for off mic statements that NEVER rose to Trump level.
I assume this garbage is to make us feel terrible, while reinforcing the racism and hatred of the worst of his base. They want this in spite of the fact that it horrifies our allies.
NJCher
(43,469 posts)from the article:
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The process has frustrated some White House officials because Harp doesnt share her proposed posts with the chief of staffs office, communications aides, or national-security officials, sources told the Journal.
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Now scroll up and look at Chief of Staff Suzie's face, over on the left.
Vinca
(54,307 posts)In his book All or Nothing (2025), the journalist Michael Wolff described Harp as a "gatekeeper".[3] According to the journalist Alex Isenstadt, in one instance, Trump's wife Melania discovered Harp in his private quartersan area reserved for the Trump familydelivering papers to him at night.
ColoringFool
(1,032 posts)Trust---Melania was relieved to see her there!
😄😄😄😄😄😄
FakeNoose
(42,299 posts)This is the work of several right-wing trolls at the White House, and Miller is only one of them. He was the original but now it's being outsourced to staffers who really compete with each other in their anonymous nastiness.
These people are pigs in the worst sense. I want to see them doxxed. Please out them on the internet.
ColoringFool
(1,032 posts)SunSeeker
(58,367 posts)Martin68
(28,052 posts)hay rick
(9,706 posts)Wow! It explains a lot- especially the range of topics and volume of the posts.
This story coming out now also looks like a cynical attempt to insulate Trump from criticism and responsibility: the baby has diarrhea because somebody keeps feeding him chocolate...