President Donald Trumps 35-jarige assistente, Natalie Harp, heeft voor opschudding gezorgd door haar naar verluidt obsessieve gedrag tegenover de 80-jarige Republikeinse leider. De bezorgdheid over Harps fixatie op de president reikte van zijn innerlijke stafkring tot first lady Melania Trump en de Secret Service, en er waren duidelijke signalen dat ingewijden haar gehechtheid hooguit zorgwekkend en op zijn slechtst ongezond vonden.

Harps weg naar het Witte Huis liep via conservatieve media: als voormalig presentator bij One America News Network werd zij een vaste verschijning in Trumps politieke apparaat voordat zij zich bij zijn staf aansloot. Zij werd vaak gefotografeerd met een draagbare printer om nieuwsartikelen voor de president af te drukken — een verwijzing waar haar eigen opmerking in de brieven over dat zij niet langer de "Human Printer" hoefde te zijn op duidt.

Journalist Michael Wolff, al jarenlang chroniqueur van de Trumps en auteur van onder meer de bestseller uit 2018 "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House", heeft nu op zijn Substack twee brieven gepubliceerd die Harp naar verluidt aan Trump schreef en op privéplekken in zijn meest persoonlijke vertrekken achterliet zodat alleen hij ze kon vinden en lezen. De brieven zijn niet onafhankelijk geverifieerd, en verwijzingen naar Scotland, Ireland en "this Trip" komen overeen met Trumps golfbezoek begin september 2025 aan Turnberry en Doonbeg.

In de eerste brief bood zij haar excuses aan voor een voorval waarbij zij "panicked" en hem contacteerde over een probleem met vervoer.

"I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland," schreef Harp. "The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, I was specifically asked by, I forget who his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking, and tell any other girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people have said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having technical issues on the Plane too, so asked me to help him out)."

Ze voegde eraan toe: "I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me—not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion. That is the fear you see, because I never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life." Ze sloot die brief af door te zeggen dat zij een kaart gebruikte om dingen voor hem te kopen en tekende met "with all my heart."

In de tweede brief schreef Harp: "now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first.) I have learned so much about myself on this Trip—I always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to 'unplug.' We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forget what time it was! I didn't have to be 'Human Printer.' I could take time to enjoy good conversation, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!)."

Ze voegde eraan toe: "With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only 'job' seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)! Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days, and we'd talk about everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time!! I've always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking to on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a 'Talkshow Host' (as much as I hated that actual job!)."

Uiteindelijk concludeerde zij: "I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more. Thank you for always being there for me—I'll never forget when you made that promise to me after losing my Dad, and I know how happy he is right now that I did get to go to Scotland and Ireland, as he always wanted for me. To modify a classic, 'I could not have parted with you, to anyone less worthy'—And, I will add, it is I who is unworthy."

Ze sloot af door te stellen dat zij nog altijd herstellende was van de levensreddende medische ingrepen waarvan zij zegt dat zij die kon krijgen dankzij Trumps beleid.