Trump gave Natalie Harp and two other aides $45,000 each in cash gifts for holidays

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President Donald Trump gave Natalie Harp and two other White House aides $45,000 each in cash gifts, according to financial disclosure statements.

Harp, whose close relationship with Trump has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks, and the other two female aides reported the money as a “cash gift for the holidays” in their annual executive branch disclosure forms released by the White House.

Harp , and the other aides — Chamberlain Harris , deputy director of Oval Office operations and Margo Martin , a communications adviser — each make an annual salary of $150,000, according to publicly disclosed White House documents .

The White House press office posted a statement about the president’s cash gifts to the three aides, saying, “The President has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both in government and in his time in the private sector.”

“The gifts at issue here have nothing to do with any of these individuals’ official government duties, and, therefore, are entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards,” the statement said.

The spotlight intensified on Harp, a 35-year-old former far right TV anchor, after Sen. Jon Ossoff mentioned her by name in a now-viral speech attacking Trump. The Georgia Democrat swiped at the president’s “travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar,” a reference to her joining the president — along with a very limited group — when he secretly boarded a smaller aircraft to leave Turkey due to a threat from Iran in July.

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Harp, who frequently types the president’s Truth Social posts as he dictates them to her, has been intensely dedicated to Trump since joining his staff in 2022. She has trailed him across the country, feeding him positive stories, social media posts and other correspondence so frequently that allies dubbed her the “human printer.”

The Washington Post first reported on the cash gifts.

Walt Nauta, a longtime Trump aide, also received a “gift for holidays” from the president. He reported in his financial disclosure statement that the president gave him $20,000.

Nauta was once charged in the case involving Trump’s handling of classified documents before the case was dropped.

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根据财务披露声明，唐纳德·特朗普总统向娜塔莉·哈普和其他两名白宫助理每人赠送了 45,000 美元的现金礼物。

哈普与特朗普的密切关系在最近几周受到了密切关注，她和其他两名女助手在白宫公布的年度行政部门披露表格中将这笔钱报告为“节日现金礼物”。

根据白宫公开披露的文件，哈普和其他几位助手——椭圆形办公室运营副主任张伯伦·哈里斯和通讯顾问玛戈·马丁——每人年薪为 15 万美元。

白宫新闻办公室就总统向三名助手赠送现金一事发表声明称：“总统长期以来一直有向其身边的人赠送圣诞礼物的习惯，包括有时是政府雇员和助手，无论是在政府部门还是在私营部门。”

声明称：“此处所涉礼物与这些个人的官方政府职责没有任何关系，因此完全符合相关的法律和道德标准。”

在参议员乔恩·奥索夫（Jon Ossoff）一段如今在网络上疯传的抨击特朗普的演讲中点名提及娜塔莉·哈普（Natalie Harp）后，这位35岁的前极右翼电视主播受到了更多关注。这位来自佐治亚州的民主党人抨击总统“带着娜塔莉乘坐卡塔尔埃米尔赠送的、看似毫无防御能力的空中宫殿”，指的是今年7月，由于伊朗的威胁，特朗普秘密登上了一架小型飞机离开土耳其，当时哈普与他同行的还有极少数人。

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“我的守护者和保护者”：娜塔莉·哈普的信件表达了她对特朗普的忠诚

哈普经常根据总统的口述，将他在 Truth Social 上发布的帖子打字录入电脑。自 2022 年加入特朗普的团队以来，她一直对特朗普忠心耿耿。她跟随特朗普走遍全国各地，频繁地向他提供正面报道、社交媒体帖子和其他信件，以至于盟友们称她为“人肉打印机”。

《华盛顿邮报》率先报道了这些现金馈赠事件。

特朗普的长期助手沃尔特·诺塔也收到了总统赠送的“节日礼物”。他在财务披露声明中称，总统给了他2万美元。

纳塔曾因特朗普处理机密文件一案被起诉，但该案后来被撤销。