Nick Luna
Nick Luna was an aide to President Donald Trump.[1] In 2020 he served as one of Trump's "body men". For his predecessors months or years as a "body man" was a prelude to a promotion to a much more prestigious job. Luna earned $183,000 in 2020.[2]
Reporters who covered the Trump administration noted that the younger, single aides and associates found it hard to find dates in "liberal Washington" - so they were "dating and marrying one another".[3][4] In February 2020 several reporters listed Luna, and Cassidy Dumbauld, an aide to Trump's advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner, were dating. The pair married on September 5, 2020.[2]
He attracted widespread attention in October 2020 when he was one of the first of Trump's aides to be diagnosed with the Covid 19 virus.[1] Eventually over three dozen of Trump's close aides and associates were diagnosed with Covid, including Trump himself, his wife, Melania Trump, and youngest child Barron Trump.[5]
Luna recovered.[5]
On December 18, 2020, Trump appointed Luna and Rudy Giuliani's son, Andrew Giuliana, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.[6]
In January 8, 2021, Annie Karni, writing in The New York Times, listed Luna as one of the few Trump aides who seemed ready to continue serving him, to the bitter end.[1]
CNN reported that Luna and Dumbauld were two aides scheduled to join Trump and his family on their last ceremonial flight on Air Force One.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Annie Karni (2021-01-08). "As Circle of Trump Aides Dwindles, a Few Plan to Stay to the End". The New York Times (Washington, DC): p. A14. Archived from the original on 2021-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210312022420/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-advisers-resign.html. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Still working in the building, even as the West Wing has been clearing out, are Nick Luna, the president’s body man; Johnny McEntee, the director of the presidential personnel office; and Dan Scavino, the president’s former golf caddy turned deputy chief of staff for communications."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cassidy Dumbauld, Nick Luna’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy magazine. 2020-10-05. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119144901/https://heavy.com/news/cassidy-dumbauld-nick-luna-wife/. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Dumbauld is an aide to White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. She and Luna are newlyweds who tied the knot September 5, 2020."
- ↑ Katie Rogers (2020-02-17). "Young, Conservative and Working for Trump? The Dating Pool Is Small". The New York Times (Washington, DC): p. A13. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217222612/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/us/politics/dating-trump.html. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "There is also Nick Luna, the president’s body man, and Cassidy Dumbauld, an assistant to Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s senior adviser."
- ↑ Peter Weber (2020-02-18). "Trump aides are finding it hard to date in liberal Washington. So they're dating, marrying each other". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210312070233/https://news.yahoo.com/trump-aides-finding-hard-date-074601785.html. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Other White House couples include Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham and advance team director Max Miller, and Trump body man Nick Luna and Cassidy Dumbauld, an assistant to Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Here's who has tested positive for COVID-19 in U.S. President Trump's inner circle". CBC News. 2020-12-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107010826/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-circle-covid-1.5749693. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Trump personal aide Nick Luna tested positive for COVID-19 after having travelled with him several times recently, a White House official said the night of Oct. 3."
- ↑ Jordyn Phelps; Benjamin Siegel (2020-12-18). "Trump rushes to dole out plum appointments to allies on way out the door: Even as Trump denies defeat, the move is common to lame-duck presidents". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302080442/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-rushes-dole-plum-appointments-allies-door/story?id=74739837. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew, who works as a White House aide, and the president’s bodyman Nick Luna were named Wednesday to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council."
- ↑ Jim Acosta; Pamela Brown (2021-01-18). "Trump may be preparing final video message from White House". CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-inauguration-dc-capitol-news-01-18-21/index.html. Retrieved 2021-03-11. "Those include Trump's personal attendant Nick Luna and his wife Cassidy Dumbauld who currently serves as a special assistant to the President, along with his current deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and possibly others."
