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If you’ve been paying attention to politics at all this week, then you’ve probably encountered the strange saga of Natalie Harp.
In case you somehow haven’t heard, Harp is an aide to Donald Trump, and the relationship between boss and employee is currently the subject of widespread scrutiny.
Now, letters that Hart wrote to Trump have leaked to the press — and saying that these two have had some unconventional workplace interactions would be putting it very mildly.
One of the letters concerns some snafus that took place during Trump’s recent trip to Scotland.
The trouble began when Harp called Trump’s cell phone after she “panicked” at the airport. The situation got worse when she breached etiquette on the golf course.
“I panicked, and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland,” Harp wrote (via The Daily Beast), adding:
“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).”
Harp really leaned into the apology in the second half of the letter, at one point referring to the president as her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.”
(Harp reportedly writes much of Trump’s social media content, which may explain all of the odd capitalization choices in those posts.)
“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),” she wrote in the letter.
She went on to explain how frightened she was at the prospect of losing Trump’s “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 wrote, adding:
“Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life—That’s what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn’t have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age.
“I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving. See you soon.”
Trump and his staff are reportedly furious about the speculation surrounding Harp, with Senator Jon Ossoff describing the White House reaction as a total “meltdown.”
Natalie has been nicknamed the Human Printer because she follows Trump around with a portable printer and hands him favorable press articles to read.
So you can bet that she printed up her letters and personally handed them to the president. But whether or not he actually read them is a different story.
The Big Boss isn’t exactly famous for his attention span.
Natalie Harp’s Leaked Letters to Trump Prompt ‘Meltdown’ In White … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.