Overview
- The Wall Street Journal’s analysis on Tuesday identified executive assistant Natalie Harp as the aide driving many of the president’s Truth Social posts.
- Sources say Harp prints stacks of drafts for Donald Trump to approve and then logs into his account to publish batches, often late at night.
- The Journal counted nearly 8,800 posts since Trump returned to office and 44 late‑night runs, including one night with about 160 posts.
- At Trump’s direction, Harp posted a video with racist imagery of Barack and Michelle Obama and an AI image casting Trump as Christ, and both were later deleted.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung calls Truth Social the president’s unfiltered voice as officials report frustration over skipped communications and security reviews.