Few qualities carry more weight for Donald Trump than loyalty, and few aides embody it as fully as his executive assistant, Natalie Harp.

A former TV presenter, Harp is a near-constant presence at Trump’s side — encouraging his Oval Office redesigns, typing up his Truth Social tirades and printing out online articles, a role that has earned her the nickname “the human printer.” She also leaves behind admiring notes for him to discover. Her devotion is so pronounced that the 80-year-old Republican once declared: “She’ll never leave me.”

These details about one of the most influential White House aides were revealed by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.

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    Ms. Lewinsky is still living and trying to put her life back together after making a mistake any gullible, starstruck kid could make. Please allow her that.

    Eta: this woman is in her mid-thirties.

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      Does she even consider it a mistake? As far as I know it was fully consentual.

      Granted, it’d suck to only be known for that your whole life.

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        Yeah it was consensual but she was young and did not know what would be the consequences. Many people make dating mistakes when thay are young and then later understand that it was the wrong move.

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        I don’t know how anyone could not consider it a mistake (which doesn’t imply it wasn’t consensual, just that it wasn’t a good idea). She was lambasted on national television for years. It hindered her ability to find work. It had a massive negative impact on her life.