By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-26 04:26:43 | Updated at 2024-11-26 06:52:30
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Her nickname is the 'human printer,' but it's what 33-year-old Natalie Harp has written in letters to her boss, President-elect Donald Trump, that has left other staff 'unnerved.'
The New York Times reported Monday on a series of letters Harp penned to Trump last year that showed complete devotion to the 78-year-old incoming commander-in-chief.
The newspaper's sources felt uncomfortable about the messsages.
In one of the letters she wrote, 'you are all that matters to me.'
'I don't ever want to let you down,' she said, calling Trump her 'Guardian and Protector in this life.'
In another letter she told Trump that she wanted to get back to 'that synergy' she used to have with him, where 'we'd talk about everything and nothing.'
'I want to bring you joy,' she wrote, 'to feel like we can get through a day without ever having to talk "work."'
Harp - who had no official title at Trump's 2024 campaign - is expected to have an outsized role in the Trump 2.0 White House.
DEVOTED AIDE: Natalie Harp, 33, wrote to her boss, now President-elect Donald Trump, in a series of letter, which The New York Times reported 'unnerved' other members of the staff. In the letters she told Trump, 'you are all that matters to me'
Natalie Harp is constantly at President-elect Donald Trump's side, including on the golf course. She carried around a mobile printer and a battery pack to ensure he got the print-outs of information he requested
She is called the 'human printer' because she lugged around a portable printer and a battery pack in order to provide Trump with print-outs of information he requested.
But The Times reported that Harp didn't act as a gatekeeper - instead furnishing Trump with information from websites like Gateway Pundit, known for pushing conspiracy theories online.
The newspaper also wrote that Harp was used for settling scores.
'When people seeking influence with Mr. Trump want to turn him against their rivals, they send damaging clips to Ms. Harp, knowing she will pass them along, unvetted,' The Times said.
She entered the president-elect's orbit after crediting him with saving her life.
Harp is a bone cancer survivor and has credited the Right to Try law Trump signed in 2018 with saving her life, as it gave her access to experimental treatments.
Some experts have called into question whether that specific law can be credited, as she's claimed.
Trump loved the story and invited Harp to speak on his behalf at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held in Washington, D.C. amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Natalie Harp credited Trump with saving her life after he signed a Right to Try law in 2018. Harp was suffering from bone cancer and said the law allowed her to pursue a successful experimental treatment
President Donald Trump (right) invites Natalie Harp (left) to speak at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C. in 2019. Five years later she's poised to hold a key role in the Trump White House 2.0
The 'human printer' nickname came about because Harp would lug around a portable printer and a battery pack in order to provide Trump with print-outs of information he requested - often allowing him access to websites that spread conspiracy theories
Natalie Harp joined Trump's communications team in 2022, when he wasn't fully out of the political doghouse in the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol attack. Now she's poised to have an extremely influential White House role
She did some work for the campaign that cycle, before joining the right-wing One America News Network, where she echoed Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud costing him reelection.
Harp joined Trump's communications team in 2022, when Trump was still in the political doghouse in the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol attack.
Since then, she is almost always at Trump's side.
In a documentary about the 2024 race, Harp is seen typing out dictated social media posts, as Trump watches Vice President Kamala Harris' Democratic National Convention speech.
She was with him throughout the Stormy Daniels hush money trial and is a companion on the golf course.
For Trump the devotion is seemingly mutual, with The Times reporting that he once scoffed that Harp is the only aide who truly cares about him, after he was arraigned in the Fulton County, Georgia case.
