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Natalie Harp's first devotion wasn't Trump — it was a hellfire pastor who helped him win

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp listens as Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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RawStory reports that Natalie Harp, now a close White House aide to President Donald Trump, began attending megachurch pastor David Jeremiah’s sermons around age 13. Her estranged brother, Preston Harp, described Jeremiah’s church as wealthy, Republican-financed and doctrinally rigid. The reporting establishes her long exposure to Jeremiah’s…

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