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Vol. VIII
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The Mind Shield

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Photo shows Natalie Harp sprinting after Trump’s golf cart.

Photo shows Natalie Harp sprinting after Trump’s golf cart.
Natalie Harp. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

A new photo was released on Friday showing Wite House executive assistant Natalie Harp running behind Donald Trump’s golf cart as she tried to keep up with him.

The New York Times reported on the incident earlier this week, noting that during a 2023 golf outing, Harp was seen “sprinting across great distances” across the golf course in Scotland to be close to Trump.

On Friday, the Mirror published the photos.

The photos show a line of golf carts that appeared to be full. In the distance, Harp could be seen chasing after Trump, whose cart was leading the convoy.

Harp landed in the spotlight after Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff slammed Donald Trump at a campaign rally last weekend for focusing on his renovation projects, regularly sleeping through meetingstrading stocks, building his ballroom, and ‘traveling with his aide Natalie Harp’.

A deeper dive into Harp and Trump’s relationship revealed that she had written several letters to Trump expressing her utmost devotion and loyalty to him.

In the letters,  obtained by The Daily Beast, Harp called Trump her “guardian and protector” and said she is “unworthy” of him.

In a letter written around the time of Trump’s golf trip to Scotland, Harp wrote: “I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked.”

Later in the same letter, Harp added: 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 of hours at a time). I haven’t been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven’t bothered me before, get to me—not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and 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.”

That letter ended with, “With all my heart, Natalie.”

CNN also reported another incident in which Harped rode in the trunk of an SUV to accompany Trump to court because there was no space in the vehicle.

In a statement, White House spokesman Davis Ingle said that Harp “is one of the most loyal and hardest-working aides on President Trump’s team.”