Sanye da gashi mai tsayi har kafada, 'yan kunne na zinariya, da riga mai ja, Natalie Harp wadda ta tsira daga cutar kansa, ta gabatar da kanta a taron jam'iyyar Republican na 2020 a matsayin "Ba'amurkiya da aka manta da ita daga California" kuma ta kwatanta Donald Trump da George Bailey, jarumin yau da kullum wanda James Stewart ya buga a fim din gargajiya It's a Wonderful Life.
"Baban George Bailey ya yi gaskiya," Harp ta yi murmushi, muryarta tana kara a cikin Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium a Washington da cutar ta shafa. "Duk abin da za ka iya ɗauka shine abin da ka bayar. Shugaba, wannan ya sa ka zama mutum mafi arziki a duniya."
Shekaru shida bayan haka, Harp yanzu tana cikin mafi kusancin ma'aikatan Trump kuma mafi sadaukarwa. Sunan matsayinta na hukuma shine mataimakiya ta musamman ga shugaban kasa kuma mataimakiya ta zartarwa ga shugaban kasa, tare da albashin shekara na $150,000.
Sunanta na yau da kullum shine "mabuga na ɗan adam," domin tana ba shi bayanan da aka buga. Shekaru da yawa, ta kasance ƙaramar mutum ce kawai a cikin Duniyar Fina-Finan Trump.
Amma duk wannan ya canza a wannan makon lokacin da Jon Ossoff, Sanata na Democrat kuma mai yiwuwa dan takarar shugaban kasa na 2028, ya zargi Trump a cikin jawabin yakin neman zabe da son "gina dakin rawa da tafiya da Natalie" maimakon yin aikinsa.
Maganar ta haifar da ambaliya na hasashe na kan layi game da ainihin yanayin dangantakarsu, tare da fushi mai zafi. A ranar Litinin, Trump ya kai hari ga wakiliyar CNN Kristen Holmes bayan ta yi tambaya game da kalaman Ossoff, yayin da ƙungiyar "Rapid Response" ta Fadar White House ta wallafa wa Holmes: "Wata rana, 'ya'yanka za su ci karo da tambayarka mai banƙyama da rashin mutuntaka."
Maimakon kwantar da hankali, Fadar White House ta ƙara wa wuta mai, ba da gangan ba ta ɗaga matsayin Ossoff a tsakanin Democrats a ƙasa baki ɗaya kuma ta sa miliyoyin mutane su yi tambaya ɗaya.
Wacece Natalie Harp?
'Yar shekara 35 daga California ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Point Loma Nazarene, kwalejin fasaha ta Kirista a San Diego, a 2012, kuma ta sami MBA daga Jami'ar Liberty, kwalejin bishara da Jerry Falwell ya kafa a Lynchburg, Virginia, a 2015.
Shekaru hudu bayan haka, yayin da Trump ke neman sake zabensa, Harp ta rubuta wani rubutu na LinkedIn mai taken: "Ni Shaida ce Mai Rai – Jam'iyyar Kiwon Lafiya ita ce ta Trump." Tana tunawa da abin da ta fuskanta game da cutar kansa na kashi, ta bayyana: "A ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 2015 – shekara guda daidai kafin Donald Trump ya lashe shugabancin kasa – wata ma'aikaciyar jinya ta haɗa IV dina da abu mai mutuwa na ruwa marar ƙwayoyin cuta, wanda ya bar ni a gida ina neman kulawa.
"Maimakon nazarin alamomin cuta na don gano yanayin lafiyata, jihar da ke karkashin Democrat da kasata sun ba ni opioids, barbiturates, marijuana na likitanci, nakasa, umarnin kada a rayar da ni, da kuma, eh, Mutuwa da Mutunci. Kafin wani alƙawari, an ma umarce ni da dakatar da cin abinci da sha da son rai (VSED)."
Harp ta yabi Trump don sanya hannu kan Dokar 'Yancin Gwadawa ta 2018, wadda ta ba ta damar samun magungunan gwaji waɗanda suka yi nasara. "Likitan ciwon daji na bai gaya mini cewa ina da wasu zaɓuɓɓuka ba," in ji ta. "Donald Trump ne ya gaya mini ... Yanzu lambobin lafiyata suna daidaitawa kuma ciwon na ma yana daidaitawa."
Rubutun LinkedIn ya ja hankalin gidan talabijin na Fox News na Rupert Murdoch, wanda ya gayyaci Harp don yin magana a kai. Trump ya amsa a shafukan sada zumunta: "Natalie Harp, tana yaƙi da Cutar Kansa ta Mataki na 2 kuma tana da kyau sosai, ta kasance BAKO MAI GIRMA a @foxandfriends. 'Yancin Gwadawa yana samar da sakamako masu ban mamaki. Ina alfahari da Natalie!" Wannan ya kai ga jawabin Harp na yabon Trump a taron jam'iyyar Republican, wata guda bayan mahaifinta ya rasu. Har ma ta yi wa Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Burtaniya (NHS) zagi yayin da take aika sako ga Trump: "Da ba don kai ba, da ba zan rayu ba a yau." Amma wani labarin Washington Post ya yi shakka game da wannan da'awar, yana lura cewa masana sun ce "bayanin Harp game da maganin da ta samu da kuma lokacin da ta samu ya sa ba zai yiwu Trump ya yi tasiri a lamarinta ba."
Duk da haka, Harp da mahaifiyarta sun bar California suka koma wani gida a bene na 18 a West Palm Beach, Florida, mil uku kawai daga gidan Mar-a-Lago na Trump. A 2020, Harp ta shiga gidan talabijin na One America News Network (OANN) mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, inda a matsayin mai gabatarwa ta tura "babbar ƙarya" ta Trump cewa Joe Biden ya sace zaben shugaban kasa.
Harp ta bar OANN a 2022 kuma ta fara aiki da Trump, wanda a lokacin tsohon shugaban kasa ne da ke fuskantar shari'o'in laifi kuma yana ƙara yunƙurin da ya yi kama da rashin tabbas na komawa Fadar White House. Ta rika ba shi rahotanni masu kyau a lokacin yakin neman zabe. New York Times ta ruwaito a 2024: "Ba ta da wani matsayi na hukuma, amma a lokacin yakin neman zabe, abokan aiki suna kiranta da 'mabuga na ɗan adam' domin tana bin Mista Trump da mabuga mai ɗaukuwa da batir don cajinsa, don ta iya ba shi bayanai a rubuce, kamar yadda ya fi so."
Yanzu da Trump ya koma Ofishin Oval, ana yawan ganin Harp a gefensa kuma ta zama mataimakiya mai muhimmanci. A watan da ya gabata, lokacin da aka tilasta wa shugaban musanya jiragen sama a asirce a Turkiyya saboda wata barazanar kisan gilla da ake zargin Iran ke yi, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƴan mutanen da suka haɗa shi a jirgin soja yayin da sauran ma'aikata da 'yan jarida suka tsaya a jirgin Air Force One na yaudara.
Wani abokin Harp, wanda ya nemi a sakaya sunansa, ya ce a ranar Talata: "Ba wanda ya tambayi [mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata] Dan Scavino game da kasancewarsa a jirgin soja, amma a gaskiya Natalie ta fi Dan Scavino iya aiki a fannoni da yawa. Tana da kyau ta kowace ma'auni, kuma saboda haka mutane ba su gane yadda take da hankali, iya magana, aminci, da kuma shigarta cikin siyasa ba."
Harp kuma tana taka rawa sosai wajen tsara ra'ayin Trump da kuma abin da yake fitarwa. An ruwaito tana nuna masa shawarwarin rubuce-rubucen Truth Social – sau da yawa suna ƙunshe da abubuwan da aka sake amfani da su – sannan ta shiga asusunsa don buga su. Waɗannan sun haɗa da bidiyon wariyar launin fata da ke nuna Barack da Michelle Obama a matsayin birai da kuma hoton da AI ya ƙirƙira wanda ke nuna Trump a matsayin Yesu Almasihu, a cewar Wall Street Journal.
A cikin littafin Regime Change, wanda aka buga a wannan shekara, 'yan jaridar New York Times Maggie Haberman da Jonathan Swan sun rubuta cewa amincin Harp ya kai ga rubuta wa Trump "wasiku na soyayya," ciki har da wanda ya ce: "Kai ne komai a gare ni." A wani, ta rubuta: "Ina so in kawo maka farin ciki, in ji kamar za mu iya wuce yini ba tare da maganar 'aiki' ba." A wani kuma, ta ce, "Ba na son taba ba ka kunya" kuma ta kwatanta Trump a matsayin "Mai Karewa da Kariya na a wannan Rayuwa."
Haberman da Swan su ma sun kwatanta wani yanayi na yau da kullum: "Harp takan kasance a kan kujera a gefe, laptop dinta a buɗe, kai a ɗaga, tana saurare amma ba ta shiga ba sai idan Trump ya umarce ta. Ta cika, cikin sauri, kowane buƙatu, ko 'Trump 2028' da ake buƙatar ɗauko daga kayan talla, ko bincike na gaggawa na Google, ko fitar da sabon labari daga shafukan dama kamar Breitbart ko Gateway Pundit.
Amincin Harp ga Trump bai yi daidai da ɗan'uwanta da suka rabu ba, Preston Harp, wanda ke zaune a Managua, babban birnin Nicaragua. Ya gaya wa gidan yanar gizon Daily Beast a watan da ya gabata: "Ina tsammanin tana kallon Trump a matsayin wani irin uba domin ya ƙunshi ra'ayin keɓantaccen Amurka."
A halin yanzu, fushin gwamnatin game da jawabin Ossoff yana nuna cewa ya taɓa wani wuri mai rauni, kuma yana iya haifar da ƙarin tambayoyi game da Harp da matsayinta a rayuwar Trump. Kurt Bardella, mai sharhi kan siyasa kuma tsohon mataimakin majalisa, ya ce: "Yana kawo wa mutum wannan shahararren maganar, 'Ina tsammanin ya yi yawan zanga-zangar.' Ka mai da wannan babbar al'amari fiye da yadda ya kamata.
"Akwai abin da ake kira amsa daidai gwargwado, kuma abin da muka gani daga Fadar White House shi ne wuce gona da iri, wanda kawai ke ƙara sha'awa da hasashe. Kamar, 'Oh, dole ne akwai wani abu na gaske a can don ka yi martani da ƙarfi haka.' Idan suna tunanin wannan zai kwantar da jita-jita da tsegumi, duk wanda ya yi wannan tunanin wawa ne."
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da Natalie Harp, matsayinta, da shahararta ta kwanan nan da aka rubuta cikin yanayi mai sauƙi da fahimta
1 Wanene ainihin Natalie Harp
Natalie Harp tsohuwar wakiliyar labarai ce ta talabijin kuma yanzu mataimakiyar Donald Trump An san ta da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin mafi amincin mataimakan sa na sirri, ana yawan ganinta tana ɗaukar takardu a gare shi kuma tana tafiya da shi
2 Me ya sa take cikin labarai yanzu
Tana cikin haske saboda rahotannin da ke cewa ta taimaka wa Trump boye akwatunan takardu masu sirri a wurin shakatawarsa na MaraLago kuma tana da hannu a ƙoƙarin share faifan tsaro da masu bincike ke son duba
3 Ta yaya ta zama ta kusanci Trump haka
Ta kusance shi ta hanyar kasancewa mai goyon baya mai ƙarfi a kafafen yada labarai na mazan jiya, musamman a lokacin yakin neman zabensa na 2020 na sake zabe Amincinta ya burge Trump kuma daga ƙarshe an kawo ta cikin ƙungiyarsa a matsayin mataimakiya ta sirri
4 Menene ainihin sunan matsayinta na aiki
Sunan matsayinta na hukuma shine Mataimakiyar Shugaban Kasa a Ofishin Fadar White House Bayan Trump ya bar mulki, ta ci gaba da aiki a gare shi a matsayin mataimakiya ta sirri a MaraLago
5 Menene ainihin abin da take yi wa Trump
Tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da kofa da mataimakiya ta sirri Tana kula da wasikunsa, tana taimaka masa da kiran wayarsa, kuma ana yawan ganinta tana ɗaukar takardun da yake buƙata A taƙaice, ita ce hannun damansa na ayyukan yau da kullum
6 Menene rigimar Harp game da takardun
Rigimar ita ce an zarge ta da taimakawa motsa akwatunan takardu masu sirri daga Fadar White House zuwa MaraLago Mafi muni, ana zarginta da taimakawa boye waɗannan akwatunan daga lauyoyin Trump da kuma masu binciken tarayya, wanda lamari ne na shari'a
7 Ta yi wani abu ba bisa doka ba
Wannan kotu ce za ta yanke hukunci Ba a tuhume ta da wani laifi ba, amma ita ce babbar mutum a cikin binciken tarayya game da yadda Trump ya kula da kayan sirri Ana binciken ayyukanta don yiwuwar hana shari'a
8 Ita sakatariya ce kawai ko tana da iko na gaske
Duk da cewa sunan matsayinta yana kama da sakatariya, tana da tasiri mai girma Tana da kunnen Trump kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan mutanen da ya amince da su gaba ɗaya Tana tace bayanai da mutane, wanda ke ba ta iko mai yawa a bayan fage