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Photos Show Trump Aide Running After Golf Cart in Scotland

Published 22 August 2026

Newly surfaced photographs show Donald Trump aide Natalie Harp running to catch up with the president's golf cart during a 2023 visit to his Turnberry resort in Scotland, an episode that has intensified scrutiny of her close relationship with Trump. The images, published on August 21, 2026, were taken on May 2, 2023, less than a year after Trump announced his bid to return to the White House.

The photographs depict a group of golf carts traveling uphill near the course's "Halfway House." In one image, Harp, then 31, appears to be running uphill behind the convoy. Another photo shows her standing alongside Trump and his son, Eric Trump, on a green overlooking the sea. The images emerged shortly after a letter Harp wrote to Trump in 2023, apparently about the same trip, was made public. In the letter, she apologized for the incident. "I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland," she wrote. "The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked." She added, "If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me... I want things to always be right between us. You are all that matters to me. I...

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