Trump has late-night meltdown over New York Times story on aide

Donald Trump took to Truth Social in the early hours of Tuesday to go on a lengthy rant about Maggie Haberman, likely sparked by a latest article in New York Times about his strange relationship with assistant Natalie Harp.

Will the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of “Trump” coverage so wrong. They write such fake “junk”, knowing how wrong it is, but only mean to belittle. Magot Hagerman, a third-rate writer and fourth-rate intellect, writes story after story, always terrible, and yet I hardly ever speak to her. They don’t do any fact checking because facts don’t matter to them. I DON’T BELIEVE I’VE HAD A LEGITLY GOOD STORY IN THE NYT FOR YEARS AND BUT I WON IN RECORD FASHION THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN YEARS. WHERE IS THE APOLOGY?

The article, published Monday, described Harp’s questionable closeness to Trump since his 2020 presidential campaign. Known as “the human printer” by the rest of the Trump team, Harp has “established itself at the center of a fast-moving carousel of text messages, articles and tidbits directed at Mr. Trump,” Times reported, apparently worrying other aides “at a time when Mr. Trump is emerging more contemptuous than ever of trying to manage or control him.” Haberman goes on to describe her as an “instant enabler of (Trump’s) impulses.” For every Truth Social rant or mean tweet, Harp is there.

Harp also freaked out the rest of Trump’s inner circle with steamy handwritten messages in which she wrote, “you are all that matters to me… I will never let you down.” She also wrote to him that she wanted to regain the “synergy” they had. “We wanted to talk about everything and nothing… I want to give you pleasure,” Harp wrote. “Feeling like we can get through a day without ever having to say ‘work’.” And it’s not particularly one-sided either. The Times, who saw the letters, reported that Trump apparently commented that Harp was the only member of his team who really cared about him.

Harp first hit the scene in 2019 when she appeared on Fox News and began talking about how Trump saved her life by signing a law that gave her access to unspecified experimental drugs that helped treat her bone cancer. It launched her into a 2020 Republican National Convention speaking slot, and by 2022 she was a full-time aide to Trump.

Haberman’s article seems to have really struck a nerve with the president-elect. He might be waiting for that excuse for a while.