Intimate letters written by Donald Trump’s personal secretary, in which she confesses to starving herself while working for him, have resurfaced amid renewed scrutiny of their relationship.
Natalie Harp, 35, has been one of Trump’s closest aides for years and is dubbed the ‘human printer’ as she carries bundles of news articles around for him to read. However, her devotion to the president has raised the concerns of Trump’s top advisers and secret service.
During his May 2023 Scotland golf trip, Harp ran behind Trump’s golf cart because no other carts were available, later writing him a letter to apologize for embarrassing him while trying to keep up.
‘I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland,’ she wrote in a letter to Trump, according to the New York Times.
Harp then goes on to admit that she starved herself and forgot to sleep while working for Trump: ‘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).’
Her letter concludes: ‘With all my heart, Natalie.’
Harp’s determination to remain by Trump’s side was also on display in October 2023, when she rode in the trunk of an SUV after being told there was no room for her in the motorcade taking him to a New York court appearance.
After staffers told her there was no room in the vehicle, Harp became livid and began screaming at them, insisting that Trump had personally asked her to accompany him, according to CNN.

Natalie Harp, 35, has been one of Trump’s closest aides for years and is dubbed the ‘human printer’ as she carries bundles of news articles around for him to read. However, her devotion to the president has raised the concerns of Trump’s top advisers and secret service
During his May 2023 Scotland golf trip, Harp ran behind Trump’s golf cart because no other carts were available, later writing him a letter to apologize for embarrassing him while trying to keep up
Harp then goes on to admit that she starved herself and forgot to sleep while working for Trump: ‘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)’
The incident was one example of how Harp had ‘irked’ those closest to the president.
One advisor said that Trump ‘likes the attention and the fact that she is 100 percent committed and loyal.’
‘She doesn’t question, doesn’t second guess,’ the source said.
Harp spent the summer in 2023 sleeping in the women’s locker room at Trump’s Bedminster golf club so she could remain close to him, according to journalist Michael Wolff.
She had initially secured a maid’s room but moved into the locker room because it was closer to the main house and allowed her to respond more quickly whenever Trump called.
During the campaign, Melania Trump once stumbled upon Harp late at night inside Trump’s private quarters at Mar-a-Lago, an area typically off-limits to anyone outside the family, according to journalist Alex Isenstadt.
Harp was reportedly delivering documents to Trump that she did not want to wait until morning to hand over.
Trump’s relationship with Harp is back in the limelight after he chose to save her over his own cabinet secretaries amid an Iranian assassination threat following the NATO summit in Turkey last month.
Harp’s determination to remain by Trump’s side was also on display in October 2023, when she rode in the trunk of an SUV after being told there was no room for her in the motorcade taking him to a New York court appearance
Harp spent the summer in 2023 sleeping in the women’s locker room at Trump’s Bedminster golf club so she could remain close to him

Melania Trump once stumbled upon Harp late at night inside Trump’s private quarters at Mar-a-Lago, an area typically off-limits to anyone outside the family
Harp was among a handful of aides including Trump’s former caddy Dan Scavino who switched planes with him on the tarmac in Ankara. Israeli intelligence had warned of an impending Iranian attack on Air Force One.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were left on the plane with dozens of journalists.
Senator Jon Ossoff ridiculed the pair’s closeness at a rally in Georgia on Saturday.
Ossoff said the president ‘doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.’