August 17, 2026

"Travel with Natalie" is the first major shot of the 2028 Presidential election, by my reckoning.

Source: The Independent

Donald Trump would rather build the White House ballroom and travel with his aide than “do the job” of president, a Democratic senator has claimed.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff hit out at the commander-in-chief’s priorities in a scathing rally speech in Atlanta Sunday, criticizing the handling of the Iran war, the recently revealed decoy Air Force One operation and alluding to morale issues on board the USS Abraham Lincoln.

“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings,” Ossoff said. “He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do his job.”

“He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar,” Ossoff added to a roar of applause.

The “Natalie” comment appears to refer to executive assistant Natalie Harp, one of the few aides who joined the president on a military plane flying out of Turkey last month amid concerns that Iran could carry out an attempted assassination.

“Human printer” Natalie Harp following Trump around at Bedminster.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-08-17T03:08:33.491Z

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