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That amount is equal to nearly a third of her $150,000 annual salary, according to the White House\u2019s salary disclosure report to Congress.Trump gave the same amount to his communications adviser Margo Martin, 31, and his deputy director of Oval Office operations, Chamberlain Harris, 26. Harris also worked at the White House during Trump\u2019s first term, and was tapped by the president last year to oversee the development of the White House ballroom project.The director of Oval Office operations (and an alleged co-conspirator in Trump\u2019s classified documents lawsuit) Walt Nauta also received a lump sum of $20,000, according to his own financial disclosure. Nauta is paid $175,000 a year.A White House official told the Associated Press that Trump \u201chas a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both in government and in his time in the private sector.\u201d The official did not elaborate on whether other White House employees had received similar monetary presents, but added that the gifts were not related to \u201cindividuals\u2019 official government duties, and therefore are entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards.\u201dBut former authorities on the matter disagree. Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, told the Post that the payments seem to violate a federal statute that disallows the supplementation of administrative salaries from outside sources.Harp has been a near-constant presence at the president\u2019s side during his second term, incessantly posting to his social media accounts on his behalf to create the illusion that he is always online and always reacting. Another of Harp\u2019s responsibilities involves handing him printouts\u2014particularly of positive news coverage of himself or his administration\u2014to satisfy his preference for hard copy. The unique role has granted Harp a tremendous amount of influence over what Trump sees while also embittering some of her White House colleagues, who have taken to calling her the \u201chuman printer.\u201dBut it\u2019s been Harp\u2019s unusually familiar relationship with the president that has caught the public\u2019s interest in recent months. In August, it was revealed that Harp had written the president adoring notes in 2023, telling him that \u201cyou are all that matters to me,\u201d describing Trump as her \u201cguardian and protector,\u201d and signing off on the letter to her boss with: \u201cAll my heart.\u201dThe situation got even weirder when it became clear that Harp was one of the few people who accompanied Trump through a secret plane transfer in Turkey, shuttling him from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck, during an Iranian surface-to-air missile threat. Other high-ranking Trump officials\u2014including State Secretary Marco Rubio\u2014were left behind on the decoy plane.Trump and Harp\u2019s dynamic spurred more backlash after Trump publicly defended her when Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff suggested that the duo had an untoward relationship. Around the same time, the White House cropped Harp out of photos from the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.Never forget? Senator Ted Cruz suggested that President Donald Trump may not be able to remember what happened on 9/11.CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins asked the Texas Republican Tuesday night what he made of Trump\u2019s widely publicized\u2014and decontextualized\u2014comments at his weird 9/11 tribute earlier that day.In the midst of claiming that he\u2019d taken a large group of construction workers to Ground Zero \u201cright after it happened,\u201d Trump recounted being carried out from under One Liberty Plaza by firefighters who were afraid the building would collapse. Trump\u2019s disjointed retelling left open the possibility that he was describing an incident from the same day.\u201cHe\u2019s saying that there is evidence that he was there right after, I mean, he\u2019s kind of making it seem like he was pulled out of the rubble, though, with the firefighters,\u201d Collins said. \u201cDo you think that\u2019s appropriate?\u201d\u201cSeptember 11th was 25 years ago,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cIt was a horrific moment for our entire country. And you can doubt whatever you want about Donald Trump, but the man is a New Yorker, he loves New York, and I have every doubt that what he\u2019s conveying there is what he experienced and it was a traumatic experience for all of us.\u201dCruz appeared to misspeak about his \u201cevery doubt.\u201d Still, his comment suggested that Trump\u2019s memory may not be what it used to be. Add it to the list of dozens of other instances of the president\u2019s apparent cognitive decline. The president\u2019s early-bird 9/11 tribute was undoubtedly a total Trump-fest. He repeatedly veered into rhetoric boosting his own disastrous agenda, supporting the war in Iran, and attacking democratic socialists.One Liberty Plaza did not fall down, and Trump\u2019s anecdote only served to make light of the experience of New Yorkers who didn\u2019t have their own skyscrapers from which to survey the damage and chaos of 9/11.Read about what Trump said:President Trump isn\u2019t happy that his half-truths about where he was during the September 11 attacks are being called out.\u00a0On Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump posted an angry rant attacking New York magazine for questioning his story of where he was on 9/11.\u00a0\u201cThe Failing New York Magazine wrote a story that I wasn\u2019t down at the World Trade Center after the Tragedy of September 11th, because nobody saw me there. Well, I don\u2019t think I would be the first thing on anyone\u2019s mind but, I was there, obviously not on the same day as the collapse, but shortly thereafter, with a large group of Construction Workers,\u201d Trump posted. \u201cThe Fake News doesn\u2019t want to listen, even when they know their story is false. That\u2019s why their approval ratings are at an All Time LOW, but mine are VERY HIGH!\u201dIn a speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Trump claimed that he was working on a \u201cbig building\u201d during the attacks, and that he took a construction crew to Ground Zero \u201cright after this happened.\u201d Then, Trump claimed, while he was at the U.S. Steel Building, it began to creak and two firefighters were forced to pull him away from the area.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll never forget. Two firemen\u2014we thought it was coming down on top of us and two firemen, big strong guys\u2014and I\u2019m not the smallest guy in the world\u2014they grabbed me under the arms and said, \u2018Gotta get out of here.\u2019 And they literally lifted me up. This is not easy to do. I\u2019m big. They lifted me up and started running with me. I said, \u2018Fellas, I can run myself.\u2019 But they were amazing,\u201d Trump said.\u00a0CNN\u2019s Daniel Dale debunked Trump\u2019s narrative, posting on X that Trump\u2019s story Tuesday wasn\u2019t the same story that he\u2019s told in previous years.\u00a0\u201cWhile campaigning in 2016, he told a version of today\u2019s story about being whisked away from One Liberty Plaza by big firemen, but he said in 2016 that the alleged incident happened \u2018a couple of days\u2019 after 9/11 and claimed the creaky building was \u2018not so far from us,\u2019 instead of leaving open the impression he might\u2019ve been a) inside it b) on 9/11 itself,\u201d Dale posted.\u00a0That was one of the many refutations of Trump\u2019s story in the New York article, which cited other tall tales Trump has told about the 9/11 attacks. But to Trump, with his ongoing cognitive decline and massive ego, \u201cEverything I said was exactly accurate.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The Justice Department has essentially ghosted the European law enforcement agencies investigating deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, refusing to respond to their requests for assistance, according to The Washington Post.Law enforcement officials in Poland, Norway, and Latvia told the Post they reached out to the U.S. for mutual legal assistance, but none of them received responses. Britain, which has asked for unredacted copies of some Epstein files, did not publicly comment, though investigations there have stalled as well, thanks to the DOJ.\u201cWe are in communication with officials from the Department of Justice, but they have not at this time approved the request,\u201d Marianne Bender, state prosecutor for the Norwegian Okokrim unit, said in a statement. \u201cThis is very unfortunate for the Norwegian investigation, and Okokrim hopes that the U.S. Department of Justice will approve our request at some point.\u201dLativian state police spokeswoman Simona Gravite made a similar claim, stating that Latvia \u201csent several requests for mutual legal assistance to the relevant authorities in the United States. However, no responses have yet been received.\u201dThe DOJ has even refused to cooperate with Britain in its investigation into longtime politician Peter Mandelson\u2014who was stripped of his title as U.K ambassador to the U.S. and forced to resign from the House of Lords. The Telegraph reported last month that the DOJ would not hand over unredacted copies of some files to assist in the investigation into whether Mandelson gave confidential government information to Epstein.This stunning lack of cooperation from the DOJ is par for the course at this point. Domestically, it has done everything it can to deny the victims\u2014and the American public\u2014straight, unredacted answers to an investigation that President Trump made a crucial part of his campaign platform.If Attorney General Todd Blanche can\u2019t bring himself to meet genuinely with Epstein survivors in the U.S., it should come as no surprise that the Justice Department is acting in bad faith in European investigations, as well. This is particularly sad. Epstein was extremely active in Europe, and international cooperation could have very well led to new connections in Epstein\u2019s universe. Yet the DOJ continues to be uncooperative and nontransparent. While golfing over the weekend, President Trump appeared to have some concerning bruises on his arm.Trump spent Labor Day weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, and while he hit the links in his usual white polo shirt, dark bruises were visible up and down his left arm. The president\u2019s former aide, John McEntee, who co-founded the conservative dating app The Right Stuff, posted a picture of Trump to Instagram Monday revealing the bruises. \nIt\u2019s not the first time extensive bruising has been spotted on Trump\u2019s skin. Trump often has bruises on his hands, which he tries to cover up (poorly) with makeup. The president has acknowledged this, claiming that the marks are the result of him taking \u201cbig aspirin\u201d or shaking hands too aggressively. However, some speculate that he could be receiving some undisclosed intravenous treatment. Trump was last spotted with bruises on his arm while at the same golf course about a month ago.The White House hasn\u2019t been fully transparent about the president\u2019s health, only revealing snippets about Trump\u2019s medical checkups. On May 26, Trump saw a record 22 specialists, but offered no explanation as to why. He reportedly used to take a hair-loss drug that was conspicuously left off of his May trip to Walter Reed Medical Center, raising questions about what secrets are being kept about the 80-year-old\u2019s health.Trump frequently falls asleep in public and goes on off-topic rants that often make little sense. These diatribes and his physical appearance offer the only clues as to his health and mental state. For some bizarre reason, Trump was also sporting darker brown hair in New Jersey too.The president\u2019s weekend jaunt also involved him making sure the Secret Service agents charged with protecting him ate his country club\u2019s hot dogs\u2014which the agency then had to pay for. His inseparable aide Natalie Harp was also on the trip, presumably to post to his social media accounts and feed him his usual diet of article printouts. 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