Revealed: The ‘lovesick’ letters Trump aide Natalie Harp sent her boss

Washington: Personal letters from Natalie Harp to her boss Donald Trump have been revealed in full for the first time, shedding light on a relationship between the US president and one of his closest aides that has become the subject of intense scrutiny.

Two letters, written by Harp during or immediately after a trip to the United Kingdom in 2023 – when Trump was out of office – reveal an aide deeply concerned about having upset or offended Trump in some way, and desperate to foster an intimate relationship with him.

The lengthy letters were published by author Michael Wolff and US news site The Daily Beast , to which Wolff is a regular contributor. Wolff said on a podcast he released the letters now because they showed a relationship “that should not exist in a professional setting”.

In one, Harp asks for Trump’s forgiveness after apparently upsetting him during a golfing holiday to Scotland. “I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked, and I should have just called Secret Service instead of you,” she wrote.

“I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland … If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me.

“I want things to always be right between us … 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.”

In a subsequent letter to Trump, Harp said the UK trip gave her a chance to learn about herself and unplug. “I didn’t have to be ‘Human Printer’,” she said, a reference to her job of printing off news and complimentary articles for Trump to read.

“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 envoy 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)!

“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 went on to tell Trump she needed to reunite her “past self” with her current person to become the best version of herself and “make you proud”.

“Please, when I fail, will you tell me?” she wrote. “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.

“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.” That letter was signed: “Always, Natalie.”