Trump Advisor Ossoff Criticizes President Trump's Leadership Style, Amidst Scrutiny
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Ossoff appears to have been referring to Natalie Harp, Trump’s executive assistant, who has drawn scrutiny on social media for her perceived closeness to the US president. It emerged last week that Harp accompanied the president when he left Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent and other key officials on a decoy plane as they left Turkey under threat of Iranian attack in July.
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HuffPostSen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Sunday tore into President Donald Trump for botching the war on Iran, golfing, trading stocks and sleeping through meetings. But the one line that may have stood out most was a reference to aide Natalie Harp, who has grown so close to the president that he’s rarely seen without her nearby.
Washington ExaminerWhile criticizing the president’s policies in the war with Iran and behavior in office, Ossoff made a swipe at Harp, who is almost always traveling with Trump and is often seen just feet away from him at most public outings.
New York PostOssoff, who is seeking a second term in the Senate, accused Trump of preferring to “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie” – an apparent reference to White House aide Natalie Harp – over doing “the job” of a commander-in-chief, in a fiery speech Sunday.
BreitbartOssoff’s comment about how Trump “wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie” is a reference to Natalie Harp, an executive assistant to Trump who is reported to have “joined the president on a military plane flying out of Turkey last month amid concerns that Iran could carry out an attempted assassination,” according to the Independent.
The Daily WireJon Ossoff attempts to clean up his “travel with Natalie” line by claiming it was a commentary about all of President Trump’s White House aides in general.
The HillWhite House fires back at ‘theater kid’ Ossoff Multiple White House officials on Monday took Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to task for his harsh criticism of President Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend.  White House communications director Steven Cheung said Ossoff “has to be the biggest … loser in politics,” and referred to the lawmaker using a crude play on his…
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“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings,” Ossoff said. “He golfs and trades stocks. See, 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 Amir of Qatar.”
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Breitbart“And 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 claimed. “So, 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.”
Washington Examiner“While the sailors on the [USS Abraham 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 told the crowd. “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.”
New York Post“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings,” Ossoff charged, going on to slam the president for his frequent golf outings and accusing him of trading stocks.
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“He doesn’t want to do the job,” Ossoff said. “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
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Washington Examiner“He golfs and trades stocks,” Ossoff said to the crowd of roughly 1,600 supporters. “See, 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.”
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“Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics,” he wrote. “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. It’s because he’s a radical, extremist Dumocrat.”
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Washington Examiner“Jon Jackoff has to be the biggest cuck loser in politics,” he said. “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. It’s because he’s a radical, extremist Dumocrat.”
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01 New York Post The barb ruffled feathers within the West Wing. “Jon Ossoff is a cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid cosplaying as Barack Obama,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle wrote on X.
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02 Washington Examiner “Let me reiterate. I have zero interest in running for president in 2028 and, frankly, zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now,” Ossoff said.
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03 The Guardian US “They made you pay more for everything, and took us to war on lies, and spent most of last year trying to cover up for the world’s most famous pedophile while the crook president and his crook family raked in billions while your tax dollars were put to work backing Trump’s businesses,” Ossoff said at a rally in midtown Atlanta on Sunday afternoon.
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04 HuffPost During a campaign speech on Sunday, the Georgia Democrat laid into the president’s lackadaisical performance on the war on Iran and his recent habit of sleeping through meetings.
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05 The Daily Wire Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff’s carefully scripted line attacking cancer survivor Natalie Harp, the president’s assistant, by intentionally implying an inappropriate relationship between the two is just another example. Before that, we had The New York Times writer Jodi Kantor, one of the most aggressive MeToo advocates, excusing and downplaying the behavior of Maine’s Graham Platner. And then we had the absurdity of the Abdul El-Sayed pool party surrounded by fashion-obsessed influencers — Hasan Piker included — when his wife can’t even wear a swimsuit.
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06 Breitbart “Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, they’ve now been at sea for 240 plus days without a port call. It’s a Navy record. And still they serve with excellence. God bless the sailors, Marines, aviators, and all aboard the United States ship Abraham Lincoln,” Ossoff told the crowd. “See, they don’t expect luxury. They’ll endure hardship, but they deserve competent leaders who send them into combat only when necessary, and with decisive clarity of purpose, not fools who lie about the purpose and progress of war.”
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