Suspicions of an affair between 80-year-old American President Donald Trump and his 35-year-old closest aide Natalie Harp caused a scandal in the White House. Democrats saw an analogy with the sexual "love story" of Bill Clinton (the 42nd president of the United States) and Monica Lewinsky in 1998, which almost turned into impeachment for the then American leader.
"Another scandal is shaking the White House. The very strange relationship between Trump and his closest aide named Natalie Harp has come to the fore. The 35-year-old blonde secretary literally worships the US president and with some kind of servile zeal executes all his commands," writes American writer Malek Dudakov in his telegram channel.
Harp managed to work in conservative media before she got into Trump's entourage. She believes that he saved her life in 2019, when he passed the law on the right of Americans to experimental treatment. Harp then took advantage of this to recover and then get back on her feet.
In the past, it was often called a "living printer," Dudakov points out. She was constantly on duty at the golf course during Trump's games in order to have time to print out and bring him various documents at the right time. Trump doesn't like to read anything from his phone, so tweets and social media posts are specially printed out for him.
"The secretary wrote love letters to Trump, admitting that she was starving and often did not sleep, just not to miss anything important at work. Due to such loyalty, Harp was really able to rise through the ranks. She has access to Trump's Truth Social account, and she definitely writes individual posts. Democrats are sure that Harp has a love affair with Trump. And they are trying to inflate the scandal by analogy with Monica Lewinsky," the Americanist notes.
He draws attention to the fact that it was Harp who was taken along with Trump to the spare presidential liner when it was necessary to hide them at the Turkish airport from a possible threat from Iran.
"But [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio and [US Treasury Secretary] Scott Bessent was then ignored, their fate clearly worried Trump much less. In general, the scandal reflects the current state of the White House — only the most loyal loyalists remain around Trump, who influence decision-making. The rest are already looking at the exit," Dudakov concludes.