民主党一名重要议员、同时也是 2028 年大选潜在竞争者，公开抨击特朗普总统身边一名核心助手，由此引发一场个人恩怨，这场风波或将波及一场关键的中期选举摇摆州选战。
佐治亚州参议员乔恩・奥索夫将于 11 月迎来连任竞选。周日他在亚特兰大发表演讲，猛烈抨击特朗普是否真心想要履行三军统帅的职责，演讲中点名提到了这位知名度不高、却深得特朗普信任的助手。
“林肯号军舰上的水兵在为他的战争浴血奋战，国家弹药与石油储备被白白消耗，可总统开会打瞌睡，忙着打高尔夫、炒股。” 奥索夫在竞选集会上说道。
他继续表示：“他根本不想干这份总统工作。他一心只想修建宴会厅，和娜塔莉一同乘坐卡塔尔埃米尔赠送的那架毫无防护的空中宫殿到处旅行。” 他口中的娜塔莉，就是总统行政助理娜塔莉・哈普。
台下听众为这番抨击欢呼，社交平台 X 上不少评论也格外关注他点名哈普这一举动。
周一，在白宫椭圆形办公室，被问及这位民主党参议员的言论时，特朗普把奥索夫比作皮‑威・赫尔曼（美国喜剧角色），并告诉 CNN 记者克里斯汀・霍姆斯，自己 “宁愿去做别的事”。随后他转而聊起白宫的修建工程，称自己正在 “打造一处宏伟建筑”，夸赞白宫东翼的新项目 “远不止是一间宴会厅”。
白宫新闻部门周一早晨就已经注意到奥索夫的发言，随即发文猛烈反击。
白宫通讯主任史蒂文・张在社交平台发帖，使用粗俗言辞攻击奥索夫。白宫发言人戴维斯・英格尔则称奥索夫 “尴尬做作，像个 cos 奥巴马的戏剧化男人，是个无足轻重的失败者”。
这般言语攻击，足以看出白宫对奥索夫的高度警惕。奥索夫已经被视作 2028 年总统竞选的潜在人选，他把本次中期选举定义为一场全民公投，议题围绕腐败、民生成本以及失败的全球领导力展开。
奥索夫此次谋求参议员第二任期，对手是众议员迈克・柯林斯，后者是特朗普的忠实盟友，也得到特朗普背书。佐治亚州属于摇摆州。6 月福克斯新闻民调显示，注册选民中奥索夫领先柯林斯 13 个百分点，但两党策略师都认为，未来数月选情会不断收紧。
奥索夫此番挑衅，除换来社交媒体上的口水反击之外，是否还会引发其他后果尚待观察，比如柯林斯会不会因此获得更多竞选资金。据两名了解计划的消息人士透露，特朗普领导的 “让美国再次伟大” 政治行动委员会手握 4 亿美元竞选经费，已经批准第一笔数百万美元资金，将在未来数周投入选战。
这次风波，也让娜塔莉・哈普再度走入公众视野。她是总统最信任的私人助手与信息来源之一，经常陪同特朗普前往海湖庄园、新泽西贝德明斯特高尔夫俱乐部度周末。此前因伊朗威胁，特朗普在土耳其偷偷登上另一架军用飞机撤离，哈普就是少数随行的助手之一。
哈普充当着特朗普的信息把关人。2019 年，她在福克斯新闻讲述自己身患骨癌、死里逃生的经历，将自己得以活下来归功于特朗普推动的 “尝试权法案”，由此进入特朗普的视野。
“我不再被癌症夺走生命。多亏特朗普总统，我现在带病继续生活。” 她做客《福克斯与朋友们》节目时如是说。这次出镜让她获得信仰与自由大会、2020 年共和党全国大会的发言机会，之后又进入全美新闻网络任职，成为公开力挺特朗普的人物。2022 年，她正式担任特朗普私人助理。
《纽约时报》报道称，2023 年哈普曾给特朗普写过多封满是溢美之词的私人信件，让总统身边工作人员感到不安。报道援引信件内容，其中一封写道：“你就是我的全部。” 另一封写着：“我想带给你快乐。”
如今哈普随身带着一台打印机跟在特朗普左右，特朗普很多社交动态、短信口述都经由她处理，凭借近距离陪伴，她手握不小的影响力。
Who is Natalie Harp？ Ossoff ignites personal feud over Trump’s aide
A key Democratic lawmaker and potential 2028 contender’s jab at a close aide to President Donald Trump has ignited a personal feud that could reverberate into a critical battleground midterm race．
Georgia Sen． Jon Ossoff， who is up for reelection in November， invoked the little－known， close aide to Trump during remarks Sunday in Atlanta as he railed broadly over whether the president actually wants to serve as commander－in－chief．
“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war， while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves， the president sleeps through his meetings， he golfs， and trades stocks，” Ossoff said at a campaign rally．
He continued： “He doesn’t want to do the job． He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar，” referring to Natalie Harp， the president’s executive assistant．
Ossoff’s audience cheered the attack， and commenters on X pointed particularly to his decision to invoke Harp．
Asked about the Democratic senator’s remarks， Trump on Monday compared Ossoff to Pee－wee Herman and told CNN’s Kristen Holmes in the Oval Office that he would “much rather do other things．” He then pivoted to discussing the White House construction， saying that he was “building a great facility” and extolling his East Wing project as “much more than a ballroom．”
The White House had earlier took note of Ossoff’s comments， blasting him from the press shop Monday morning．
“Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics． Instead of denigrating hard working people serving their country， Jon should look deep into his soul and ask himself why he’s a miserable person who hates this country，” White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote in a post to social media．
White House spokesman Davis Ingle said Ossoff was a “cringeworthy， feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama，” and a “lightweight loser．”
The name－calling underscores how closely the White House is watching Ossoff， who has generated 2028 presidential chatter as he’scastthe midterm elections as a referendum on corruption， costs and failed global leadership．
Ossoff is running for his second term against Rep． Mike Collins， a close Trump ally endorsed by the president in the purple state． A JuneFox News pollshowed Ossoff up 13 points over Collins among registered voters in the state， though strategists in both parties believe this contest will tighten in the coming months．
It remains to be seen if Ossoff’s efforts to poke the president generate any reaction beyond social media clap－backs， including the possibility of bolstered financial backing for Collins． Trump， via his MAGA Inc． PAC， has a $400 million warchest to use in the coming campaigns， and he’s approved a first multi－million－dollar tranche of funding to be spent in the coming weeks， according to two people familiar with the plans．
The moment also renewed focus on Harp， who has emerged as one of the president’s most trusted personal aides and sources of information， frequently accompanying him on weekend trips to Mar－a－Lago and his Bedminster， New Jersey， golf club． When Trump snuck out of Air Force One to board a smaller aircraft in Turkey， due to a threat from Iran， Harp was one of a small handful of aides who joined him．
Harp has become an informational gatekeeper for Trump． She first came on the president’s radar in 2019， sharing her story of living with bone cancer and surviving a catastrophic health incident， which she credited to Trump’s “Right to Try” policies in a Fox News interview．
“I’m not dying from cancer anymore． Thanks to President Trump， I’m living with cancer，” she said on “Fox ＆ Friends，” an appearance that earned her speaking slots at the “Faith and Freedom” conference and the 2020 Republican National Convention， followed by a One America News Network role， solidifying her status as Trump validator． She started working as the president’s personal assistant in 2022．
Harp reportedly sent Trump a number of laudatory and personal letters in 2023 that “unnerved” people around him， according to the New York Times． （“You are all that matters to me，” she said in one， according to the report， “I want to bring you joy，” in another．）
Today， Harp follows Trump around with a printer and the president dictates many of his social media posts and text messages through her， offering her a position of influence through proximity．
