Lately, President Donald Trump‘s White House aides have been getting just as much attention as him.

So much so that some of the administration allies seem equally determined to make one person disappear from the public eye.

Natalie Harp, Trump’s ever-present aide, has become so recognizable that viewers can spot her in any background.

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Trump’s favorite network is accused of shrinking coverage of his aide Natalie Harp by repeatedly cropping her out the frame. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Since people started noticing her, she seems impossible to miss. She turns up everywhere, from airport tarmacs to the edges of camera frames, quietly lurking just out of focus.

Fox News is now facing accusations that it’s helping make someone disappear, too, following the White House’s lead.

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During Trump’s latest public appearance, the network’s camera repeatedly zoomed and shifted away from someone grinning in the background.

Harp was the person conveniently cut from the frame. She was clearly present, wearing a bright pink dress with her blonde hair pulled into a tight bun.

Harp accompanied Trump to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday, Aug. 28., where the president spoke by telephone with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Trump wandered around mission control while she watched from behind him, grinning.

When Fox News aired Trump’s call live, his aide was visible at the start of the segment. Then cameras slowly zoomed toward Trump.

When the camera moved to the left, she vanished from view. It looked like someone at the network had discovered a politically useful crop button.

Leaked unedited footage showed Harp standing feet away from Trump with a wide grin, giving everyone a look at the moment.

The two different videos of the same incident were enough to activate social media.

“The camera slowly zooming in to cut Natalie Harp out of frame makes this art,” one person wrote on X.

Viewers quickly transformed the footage into an online comedy special.

“I have never seen anyone hold a phone like that,” one person wrote. Some scoffed that Trump’s chaotic phone conversation with astronauts sounded like an “SNL” cold open.

Others focused on Harp’s unsettling smile. One person noticed, “She never takes her eyes off of him.” Another said, “Oh my god, she is everywhere.”

Another joked that she looked like “Barbie in the background, grinning.”

“I stg i see Natalie Harp more than JD Vance,” one commenter wrote. Another replied, “more than Melania..ya know his wife lol.”

This was not the first time Harp was edited out of official footage.

When Trump attended the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington on Aug. 23, the White House released tightly cropped video of the event that largely removed her. The edit partially cut off the Fox Sports network logo from the original broadcast footage.

A wider Fox Sports shot showed Harp behind First Lady Melania Trump. She was smiling and clapping. Another video appeared to show the first lady leaving shortly after Harp approached the president.

While the video provided no proof that Melania’s departure was related to Harp’s presence, social media users quickly grabbed their popcorn and seized on the moment, fueling rampant online speculation.

Days later, Harp appeared to attempt her own disappearing act at Joint Base Andrews.

She walked far to the side while trailing Trump across the tarmac. Cameras found her anyway. Hiding in a long green dress while traveling with the president was never going to be a simple mission.

The scrutiny follows reports about Harp’s intense devotion to Trump.

Letters she reportedly wrote called him her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.” Her brother, Preston Harp, publicly described her behavior as an “unhealthy obsession.”

Nicknamed the “Human Printer,” Harp carries Trump’s phone, supplies him with positive news clips, and helps manage his Truth Social page.

Reporting by the Wall Street Journal also identified her as the staffer who posted a racist video on Trump’s account depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The post was later deleted following public backlash.

Fox News has not said its camera movements aimed to conceal Harp. Still, the framing marks another instance of the president’s closely trailing aide disappearing from official clips.

Harp may continue trying to dodge the spotlight, but the cameras — much like Harp herself— inevitably show up wherever Trump goes.

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