Donald Trump's Aide Natalie Harp Spotted in Background of Lara Trump's Family Photo as President's Antics Have Fans Doing Double Takes

Lara Trump posted a photo of her father-in-law, President Donald Trump, at his New Jersey golf club over the weekend, prompting social media sleuths to zoom in and do double takes.

The photo showed Trump examining an object in a hallway, sparking a wave of online jokes and rumors that he was personally applying glue to a gold-themed decoration.

White House aide Natalie Harp was also spotted in the background of the image, which reignited social media discussion about her prominent presence and influence within the inner circle as First Lady Melania Trump remains noticably absent amid reports that the couple is living completely separate lives.

The internet quickly turned the new Bedminster hallway photo into a meme because the public had just learned about his unique decorating habits a few weeks prior.

Journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan revealed in their explosive book Regime Change that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had previously walked into the Oval Office to find Trump personally using super glue to attach gold-colored embellishments to the marble fireplace mantel.

Shortly after those reports surfaced, sharp-eyed reporters spotted a bottle of Krazy Glue sitting directly on the historic Resolute Desk during an official press briefing, which fueled heavy media coverage and public amusement.

Investigations by outlets like the Daily Beast and Inside Edition noted that many of the new "gold" cherubs and medallions covering the White House walls closely resembled cheap, $58 polyurethane plastic molds available at standard home improvement stores, despite Trump publicly insisting the decor was real gold.

When Lara posted the picture of him closely inspecting an object in a hallway, social media users immediately assumed he was caught in the act of maintaining another one of his custom, gold-themed DIY projects.

“Lara Trump just posted this. What the heck is Trump doing?” asked anti-Trump influencer Brian Krasssenstein.

A community note from X read, “The video, originally posted by Lara Trump, shows Donald Trump installing one of several gold presidential medallions he has placed throughout the White House, including in the West Colonnade.” Still, social media critics had fun with it anyway.

“Putting superglue on another gold ornament to further destruction of the People's House,” quipped one commenter.

“It looks like he's gluing something. Probably some of his fake Liberace decorations,” suggested another.