The Trump family frequently finds itself at the center of affair rumors, with President Donald Trump often at the heart of these speculations. Recently, Trump’s name has been linked to Natalie Harp, a considerably younger woman who has been serving as his executive assistant since 2022. Harp’s role is reportedly crucial to Trump’s daily operations. “I text her if I need to get to the president,” shared Senator John Barrasso with Fox News in a 2024 interview. “If he doesn’t pick up the phone, I know to go to Natalie, and he gets the message.” Senator Lindsey Graham echoed this sentiment, noting, “You want to get something to President Trump, she’s the person to talk to.”

Despite no confirmed evidence, Harp’s close proximity to Trump has fueled persistent affair rumors. A photo of Harp with Trump in the Oval Office on January 8, 2026, has only intensified these speculations.

Axios journalist Alex Isenstadt has suggested that Harp struggles with maintaining boundaries. In his book “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return To Power,” Isenstadt recounts an incident where Melania Trump reportedly found Harp in Trump’s private quarters at Mar-a-Lago late at night, an area usually restricted to family members (via The Daily Mail). This episode is just one of several that have kept the rumor mill active and Trump’s team on high alert.

Donald Trump is no stranger to rumors of infidelity, possibly due to his marriage with Melania Trump often being seen as distant and lacking in public displays of affection. However, his association with Natalie Harp stands out not only because of her significant access to him but also due to her apparent fixation on him. The New York Times reports that Harp has written several deeply personal letters to Trump. In these letters, she expresses sentiments such as, “You are all that matters to me,” and “I don’t ever want to let you down,” even referring to him as her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.” Adding to the speculation, one letter stated, “I want to bring you joy, to feel like we can get through a day without ever having to talk ‘work.'” These declarations only serve to add more fuel to the already raging fire of affair rumors.

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Axios reporter Alex Isenstadt, for example, alleged that Harper has difficulties respecting boundaries. “There was the time when a surprised Melania Trump stumbled upon Harp late at night in Trump’s private quarters at Mar-a-Lago, an area that was typically off-limits to those outside Trump’s family,” wrote Isenstadt in his book “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return To Power” (via The Daily Mail). However, that boundary-crossing incident is just one of many that sent affair rumors — and Trump’s team — into a spiral.

Donald Trump is no stranger to affair rumors, possibly because his marriage to Melania Trump often seems defined by indifference and a glaring lack of physical chemistry. However, the president’s relationship with Natalie Harp is unique; she not only has remarkable access to Trump, but also seems to be obsessed with him. According to The New York Times, Harp even penned some uncomfortably intimate letters to her boss. “You are all that matters to me,” she wrote in one. “I don’t ever want to let you down,” she wrote in another letter, calling Trump her “Guardian and Protector in this Life.” Adding fuel to the fire of their affair rumors, Harp wrote in one letter, “I want to bring you joy, to feel like we can get through a day without ever having to talk ‘work.’”

Author Michael Wolff also wrote about Harp’s affection for the president, and how it hasn’t sat well with Trump’s team. In “All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America,” Wolff wrote, “The aggressiveness of her attention, and her fury when she was denied bestowing attention on Trump, was also of increasing concern to the security team (via The Telegraph). Allegedly, Harp found herself on the radar of Trump’s Secret Service staff, who felt she was behaving abnormally. “Even the Secret Service had now weighed in: Natalie was a security consideration,” Wolff continued. “But no one was going to tell Trump that.” Either the Secret Service never found anything unseemly, or Trump intervened, because Harp continues to work closely with the president as of January 2026.