TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is about to lose one of his most trusted staffers: Jordan Karem, his body man. Karem is slated to leave the White House in January to eventually return to the private sector, according to a White House official. As the director of Oval Office operations and deputy assistant to the president, Karem is one of Trump’s longest serving aides, having joined the campaign in early July 2015. In his capacity as Trump’s body man, Karem travels with the president, greets him in the morning and walks him to his residence at night — giving him some of the greatest proximity to the president as the rare staffer who straddles both Trump’s personal and professional lives. He’s the one at the ready with newspapers, briefing books and sharpie pens for Trump’s unusual signature, familiar with the preferences and whims of the commander in chief — so much so that in some photos he even emulates the president’s style of slicked back hair, white shirt and long red tie.”
–Nancy Cook, “Trump’s trusted body man to depart White House,” Politico, November 26, 2018 12:46 pm