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\n\tAs we\u2019ve learned in recent weeks, Natalie Harp<\/a> rarely leaves the president\u2019s side<\/a>, and Sunday\u2019s Freedom 250 Grand Prix was no exception. What was odd was that even though Harp was clearly among the president\u2019s entourage, she was mostly invisible in the White House social media coverage of the race. The administration has been trying to do damage control as public scrutiny over the relationship between the president and Harp intensifies, and it seems that not even an appearance by the reclusive first lady or mountains of media intrigue can convince her to leave his side for any length of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn broadcasts of the event, Harp was clearly visible<\/a> among Trump\u2019s guests. In the president\u2019s suite she was spotted standing behind and to the right of Trump and First Lady Melania Trump<\/a>, who has reportedly<\/a> found herself at odds with Harp over her increasingly controversial relationship with her husband. Shocking. Someone in the press office, it seems, is trying to lower the temperature.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tA clip of Trump waving the starting flag for the IndyCar<\/a> race held on the National Mall on Sunday was oddly cropped. Half of the Fox Sports logo was missing, the first lady had an arm almost entirely cut out of the frame. Zoom out and the full picture shows Harp hovering just beyond the first lady\u2019s shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tCameras also captured the first lady standing up and leaving her suite shortly after Harp arrived and approached the president, lingering behind him as he spoke to another guest.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHarp, a 35 year aide to the president, has over the last few years become one of the most powerful \u2014 if least known \u2014 figures within Trump\u2019s inner circle. She shares control of his social media, is his confidant and informant, travels with him virtually everywhere, and acts as a gatekeeper for his time and attention. Her status as a background character in the attention-hungry MAGA universe ended this summer, as reports emerged of the deep \u2014 passionate to the point of concern \u2014 devotion that she holds for the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u2018Last week, The Daily Beast <\/em>and Michael Wolff published two letters<\/a> written by Harp and reportedly left in the president\u2019s personal quarters \u2014 alarming the Secret Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n