In a late-night rant, President-elect Donald Trump hurled abuses at New York Times and senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman for writing “phony junk”. Trump said he never speaks to her but she writes story after story without fact-checking. “Will the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of “Trump” coverage so wrong. They write such phony “junk,” knowing full well how incorrect it is, only meaning to demean. Magot Hagerman, a third rate writer and fourth rate intellect, writes story after story, always terrible, and yet I almost never speak to her. They do no fact checking, because facts don’t matter to them. I don’t believe I’ve had a legitimately good story in the NYT for years, AND YET I WON, IN RECORD FASHION, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN DECADES. WHERE IS THE APOLOGY?” Donald Trump wrote without mentioning the exact reason why he got rattled.
‘Devoted aide who keeps good news flowing will follow Trump to the White House’
Trump’s rant came after NYT published a story revealing Natalie Harp‘s passionate letters to Donald Trump in which she wrote: “You are all that matters to me”. The report was written by Hamerman and her colleague Jonathan Swan. It said 33-year-old Natalie joined Donald Trump’s staff in 2022 as a devoted aide but she has no official title.
Citing sources, NYT reported that Harp sent a series of letters to Trump in 2023. “I don’t ever want to let you down,” read one of the letters in which Harp called Donald Trump her guardian and protector.
“I want to bring you joy,” she wrote in another letter.
Natalie Harp carries a printer and battery pack to ensure that Trump can have hard copies of briefings. She once ran behind his golf cart in Scotland to read out positive news stories. The NYT report said the devoted aide who brings good news to Trump will follow him in the White House too.
Trump’s spokesperson Steven Cheung told NYT that Harp was a trusted and valued aide who helped Trump win the 2024 election.
Haberman also appeared on CNN and reacted to special counsel Jack Smith dropping the January 6 cases against Trump. Haberman said Trump will not pardon Jack Smith and will seek revenge against him once Trump entered the Oval Office in January.
