Natalie Harp climbed gingerly onto the helicopter with Stephen Miller, Susie Wiles, and Margo Martin on Monday afternoon.

They joined President Donald Trump, who was already inside, and the five flew to Joint Base Andrews, where they boarded Air Force One for the short flight to New York and the United Nations General Assembly.

Later that afternoon, they were to meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion, then talk with French President Emmanuel Macron. High diplomacy requiring expert advice and sage guidance.

It was perhaps no mistake that Wiles, 69, and Miller, 41, were shepherding Harp. Three days earlier, she had shown just how much damage she could do when left alone with the president.

Wiles’s political career dates all the way back to Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign, and whatever you think of Miller, he worked for Reps. Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions before joining Trump’s first-term team. They have political resumes.

But what of 35-year-old Harp, arguably the most influential of the president’s White House coterie?

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