Trump Faces Scrutiny Over Relationship With Female Staffer

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0:29Michael Popok:Look, the press and political figures are asking legitimate questions about Donald Trump's relationships with two apparently important women in his life. One is Melania Trump and the other one, a 35-year-old staffer named Natalie Harp. As to Melania, why hasn't she been seen in public since the 19th of July? Why wasn't she at the Lindsey Graham funeral? Why wasn't she at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? Why has she only made 36 appearances in 2026 about once every seven days? And why is Natalie Harp Donald Trump's apparent replacement for Melania Trump, at least at public and official events?

1:12Michael Popok:Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their book, Regime Change, which I've read, they referred to her as having an intimate relationship with Donald Trump, one where she wrote notes, including, you are my everything. She's been by his side for the last seven years. She made a speech at the Republican National Committee. She's known by two nicknames, one, the human printer, because she runs his social media accounts. Yes, When you hear that he posted 50 or 100 things in a day, most likely that was Natalie Harp. And at the same time, besides being known as a human printer, she prints out adoring media posts or social media posts by right wing and QAnon sites and hands it to the president to boost his ego.

2:03Michael Popok:Now, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in regime change had a better name for her. They refer to her as Donald Trump's human binky. Oh, yes, he needs his binky by his side. Apparently, she needs to be by her side, by his side. Now, why is it against the rules to question this relationship, this weirdo relationship between Donald Trump and a personal assistant of his who happens to be an attractive 35-year-old female who used to be a right-wing anchor for One America? Why is that off limits? Well, Donald Trump decided that he's going to use it to go after CNN and go after Kristen Holmes, who is the senior White House correspondent for CNN, because she, off of a speech that Senator John Ossoff of Georgia gave questioning that relationship, asked a legitimate follow up question.

2:59Michael Popok:By the way, you're on Legal AF to kick off our Tuesday. Hit that free subscribe button to help us continue to grow our pro-democracy channel. Let's kick it off with what got under Donald Trump's skin. John Ossoff in a speech attacking Donald Trump in his conduct of the Iran war. His refusal to acknowledge sailors are under tremendous strain and stress being on a battleship since he started his attacks nine months ago, and then questioning that relationship. And the reason that, to put this in context, the reason that Ossoff made the comment about Natalie Harp and the close relationship with Donald Trump is because last week we covered the story of Donald Trump doing a bait and switch using as human shields the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Treasury, and other people on Air Force One as he and now apparently Natalie Harp and others got into a catering container on the backside of Air Force One to get transported surreptitiously to a waiting Air Force jet where Pete Hegseth was.

4:15Michael Popok:What I didn't know at the time was that Natalie Harp was on that plane as well. He had to save Natalie Harp, right? He was willing to sacrifice the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, but he made sure Natalie Harp was safely ensconced on this Air Force plane with him that flew off, right? So that is what Ossoff is referring to about flying around and playing footsie with Natalie Harp playing the clip. On day one of the war, listen to this day one, the president said the war was, quote, ahead of schedule, ahead of schedule. On day four, he declared victory. Today is day 170. And did y 'all see Hegseth in front of that committee?

5:05Did you all see it? Listen to this. On day nine of the war, the incompetent Pete Hegseth guaranteed Iranian surrender. On day 14, he claimed Iran's military had been destroyed. On day 40, he said every single objective had been achieved. That was four months ago. They've lied nonstop about this war like they lie about everything. And they know they're lying, but they lie and they keep lying anyway because in this White House, they view persistence in deceit as a virtue. You hear me, Atlanta? And there's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war.

5:59treating citizens as fools and those who serve as pawns. Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, they've now been at sea for 240 plus days without a port call. It's a Navy record. And still, and still, and still they serve with excellence.

6:20Michael Popok:Okay, look, that's a legitimate question that's been asked by many in the media and many commentators, including me. I've done videos about Natalie Harp. And when you contrast that to where is Melania? See, Donald Trump has a nasty little disgusting habit. He sidelines Melania or she abandons him. And then he needs to have some sort of, what's the phrase we used to use, arm candy by his side. Used to be Alina Habba. Remember when Alina Habba was his lawyer? Used to show up at all the MMA fights and all the sporting events, and they were rumored to have some sort of relationship. Alina Hobb, of course, now out of the orbit of Trump.

7:04Michael Popok:So Natalie Harp, next best thing. Plus, look how loyal she's been. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan talked about that relationship when they launched their book, Regime Change, including Natalie Harp leaving disturbing little notes. What do you call them? Love notes for Donald Trump that even annoyed and left the Secret Service perplexed. Let's play a clip of Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan talking about Natalie Harp. I can guess why Natalie Harp and Walt Nauta and Dan Scavino were with him. Natalie Harp, because she is sort of his his binky, for lack of a better way of putting a comfort blanket.

7:40Walt Nauta is something similar. You know, he also always carries that brown leather briefcase that became very familiar in term one. it had things like tic tacs and hairspray and all kinds of stuff and dan scavino because he's one of trump's closest aides and has been with trump for 30 some odd years first as a caddy in his west chester call of course and then into the white house and the campaign and scavino and natalie harp both have some access to slash control over his social media so i there could have been a reason for that as well but again we don't know because we are left guessing because there has been so little information about this.

8:16Michael Popok:The human binky. She's also disgusting. Can I now get to the root here? She, according to reporting, is the person that posted on social media, AI generated images of Donald Trump as Jesus Christ, and even posted the ones about Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as chimpanzees. Oh, yes, that came out of the fevered, demented imagination of Natalie Harp, according to reporting, and that's never been denied. Now, they've used this to try to distract attention from Donald Trump's unnatural relationship with Natalie Harp, as Melania Trump doesn't even bother to look on, staying in New York for most of this, to attack the free press, to go after CNN, to go after Kristen Holmes and call her disgusting, and oh, your children are going to read what you post.

9:11Michael Popok:And how about all the disgusting things that the rapid response team for Donald Trump posts or that the Natalie Harp post? How about that? And the disgusting things that Stephen Chung, the communications director says about everybody, including using the F-bomb and using misogynistic terms. I mean, this is what Stephen Chung had to say.

9:39Michael Popok:In response to Ossoff's comments, they started calling Ossoff Pee Wee Herman because they're worried about him running in 2028. Chung said, instead of denigrating hardworking people serving their country, John should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he's a miserable person who hates this country. Is that what we just saw for John Ossoff? It's because he's a radical extremist Democrat. Here's John Ossoff going after the director of national intelligence during his confirmation hearing. Who didn't come away with a new respect, a newfound respect for John Ossoff as he may launch a campaign for 2028?

10:17Michael Popok:Play the clip. Did the president of the United States pardon a convicted narco trafficker? Yes. Who won the 2020 election? You know, I'm not I'm not going to do this with you. This is a job interview. We've established that you have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee. Yes, you do have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee. Yes. Who won the 2020 election? Like I said, I'm not going to get into that with you. But you do have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee. Is anything that I just said not honest or forthright? Yes, you're not being honest or forthright.

10:55Who won the 2020 election? I think I've answered the question. We can keep doing this. Well, we're going to keep doing it because you're not being honest and forthright with the committee. I'm not going to engage in the theater. It's a simple question, Mr. Clayton. And I've answered it. Who won the 2020 presidential election? I've answered it. You're here asking for the support of senators to lead America's intelligence community. We've established that you have an obligation to be honest and forthright with this committee and with the American public, but you refuse to answer a simple matter of fact about the 2020 election.

11:31Is that right? No, that's not right. Then answer the question. Who won the 2020 election? I have answered the question. Answer it. What is your answer? I've given you my answer. What is your answer?

11:46You refuse to answer a basic question about who won a presidential election, but you ask to lead America's intelligence community. Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions? we know you know everybody in this room knows the truthful answer to that question why can you not give it i think i gave you the answer now here's trump in a again in a misogynistic way going after

12:22Michael Popok:another female reporter telling her to to quiet down quiet down you're disgusting i'm not answering your questions uh you know much much like what he did a couple of months ago when he called a reporter, Miss Piggy, I don't know, referring to her weight, I have no idea, or her appearance, and told her to quiet down, Piggy. Let's play the clip of him going after Kristen Holmes.

12:49Quiet, quiet, quiet. You're very disrespectful in front of this young man. Okay. Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands. Quiet. Who are you with? fake news. You're fake news. You're a loud, you're a loud, boisterous person. You're fake news. Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter and you report fake news.

13:14Michael Popok:Now we're going to continue to ask the hard questions about that relationship. When you have a staffer who leaves love notes for a president, who's loyal and by his side, who Donald Trump makes sure is in every major place that he needs to be and doesn't have his first lady with him. The first lady is not at any major events. And yet Natalie Harp follows Donald Trump to China, sitting by his side, goes to the event where service members' remains are transferred, goes to the funeral, is on Air Force One with him, is on the secret plane with him, is on Marine One with him, is at Bedminster Golf Course this weekend with him.

13:58Michael Popok:I mean, what? I'm sorry that we're asking hard questions about a weirdo relationship. When you have a president who a court of law and a jury found to be a sex abuser, who's had to admit to abusing women on a hot mic with Access Hollywood, that's now infamous, who's had dozens of women come forward and say, me too, about their relationship, sexual relations with Donald Trump outside his marriage. When you have two people besides E. Jean Carroll who testified at her trial, Natalie Stojanovich and Jessica Leeds, who said they were sexually attacked and abused by Donald Trump. Yeah, yeah, it's a legitimate question to ask why an 80-year-old president has to have effectively Natalie Harp sit on his lap.

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