Nikki McCann Ramirez
View all posts by Nikki McCann Ramirez August 21, 2026
Natalie Harp and President Donald J Trump, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) New questions are being raised about the relationship between Donald Trump and Natalie Harp after the publication of two letters addressed to the president from Harp by The Daily Beast and Trump biographer Michael Wolff. The letters, portions of which had previously been documented by The New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their book Regime Change, paint a picture of Harp’s deep emotional devotion to Trump — and a relationship that would be highly inappropriate in practically any professional setting.
The first letter, a full page apology written to the president after the 35 year old — in her own words — was an “embarrassment” to Trump during a trip to a golf course in Scotland. The letters were first reported by the Times as having been found in Trump’s “private” spaces, alarming the Secret Service and raising eyebrows among staff.
“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,” Harp wrote, mimicking some of the bizarre punctuation quirks she uses in the Truth Social posts she transcribes for the president.
“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,” she added, describing Trump as her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.”
The Daily Beast published letters that Trump’s 35-year-old aide Natalie Harp allegedly wrote to him “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”https://t.co/fTpcaYYsZa pic.twitter.com/40doqcyQU2
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In a second letter, seemingly written around the same trip, Harp profusely thanked the president for bringing her along. “For the first time, in I don’t know how long, you forced me to ‘unplug,’” she wrote, noting that she didn’t feel like the “Human Printer” — a perhaps pejorative name given to her by other White House staff — while on the golf course, and enjoy some free time.
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“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!! […] 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,” Harp wrote.
She concluded with a decision to better herself in order to make Trump “proud,” begging him to please tell her if he ever felt she was failing him. “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.”
Harp, a former One America News host, has been working for the president since 2024. According to reporting by The New York Times she is a near constant presence in Trump’s meetings and day to day activities. Her roles include stenographer, social media manager, gatekeeper, bag woman, and seemingly close personal companion to the president.
Trump and members of the White House communications staff unloaded on CNN reporter Kristen Holmes and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) after the Georgia senator joked about Harp’s relationship to Trump during a campaign event. The blowup came after reporting from The Washington Post that Harp was among a select few staffers who were secretly shuffled off of Air Force One in a catering cart, and into another plane, in order to escape a security threat while on a trip to Turkey. Several high level administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, were left behind on the threatened aircraft.
