Trump Jokes About Melania Skipping Ireland Trip as Natalie Harp Joins Him

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images President Donald Trump poked fun at his wife as he jetted off on another international trip with his adoring aide by his side.

Trump, 80, was accompanied by his “human printer” Natalie Harp, 35, on a trip to Ireland to meet with business leaders and attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his Doonbeg resort.

In remarks at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Dublin, the president quipped that First Lady Melania Trump, 56, wanted to be there with him but opted out of the seven-hour flight from Washington, D.C.

“My wife is here in spirit.

She’s watching right now.

She said, ‘Say hello,’ because she was very friendly with these two people.

I said, ‘Well, why don’t you come with me?’ She said, ‘Well, it’s a seven-hour trip.

Maybe I’m not that friendly,’” he said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

“I said, ‘Put on a Make America Great Again hat and come on.

Let’s go.’ But, uh, she sends her regards,” he added.

A Daily Beast analysis of the first lady’s schedule previously found that she has a shockingly lighter workload than her predecessors, Jill Biden and Michelle Obama.

By the end of July, Melania had only made 38 public appearances.

In stark contrast, Michelle gave 130 speeches, and Jill delivered 43 in the same 18-month period after moving into the White House.

Melania reemerged in the public eye in late August to celebrate the expansion of her Fostering the Future initiative.