A 35-year-old White House staffer who has been a close aide to US President Donald Trump since 2017 has reportedly written a letter to him saying "you're all I have". The staffer, Madeleine Westerhout, was the director of scheduling and advance at the White House, a role often described as the "White House gatekeeper". In the letter, which was first reported by CNN, Ms Westerhout said she had given up on her personal life and social relationships for her job. She said she had become so devoted to Mr Trump that she had lost touch with friends and family. The letter was written when Ms Westerhout was leaving her job at the White House. It is not clear when exactly she wrote the letter, but it was first reported on 13 August. In it, she said: "You often get asked what you did before the campaign and before the White House. The answer is I did nothing that remotely compares to this." "You're all I have," she wrote. "I don't have a partner, I don't have children, I don't have a life outside of work." She added: "I know that you don't have to be so kind to me, but you have been. You've been generous and kind and I will be forever grateful." Ms Westerhout was a key member of Mr Trump's team during his 2016 presidential campaign. She started working at the White House in 2017 and was given the nickname "gatekeeper" due to her influential role in scheduling the president's events. She announced on Twitter on 13 August that she was leaving her job. The next day, Politico reported that she had written a letter to Mr Trump expressing her devotion to him.

Donald Trump's White House aide, Natalia Hafer, a 35-year-old deputy, has been working at the White House for over a year despite repeatedly failing security checks and expressing discontent with the presidential election. Recently, MS NOW reported that Hafer had not passed security screenings for more than a year. Her situation drew concern from both the White House and the Secret Service.

The reasons for Hafer's refusal to take the security clearance were not disclosed. Since 2019, Hafer had worked with Trump, who was inaugurated in January 2017. As a cancer patient, she underwent treatments after Trump signed a law allowing clinical trials for his drugs in 2018. Some sources suspect that Hafer provided biased reporting or content that may have encouraged Trump's biases.

Hafer also posted more than 150 social media posts on January 6, 2021, saying "fight for Trump." Her social media account on X was later deleted. David Cohen, a political science professor, said Hafer is fully loyal to Trump and a sycophant who always seeks adoration. Hafer sent Trump two letters expressing gratitude for being his "life's protector and guardian" after he lost the election to Joe Biden.

Hafer continued to serve Trump even after his defeat, writing in one letter, "I remember fondly the time when the president would often call me for talks on various topics during my talk show days. We don't always have to discuss only work matters." In another letter, Hafer wrote, "When I was going to the golf course, I could forget time, and I didn't have to be the 'human printer' anymore."

Her brother, Preston, said in an interview with CNN that his mother taught her American exceptionalism as the right view of the world, and Hafer could not escape that fantasy. Preston also revealed that Hafer is a supporter of the Sandinista anti-imperialist revolutionary movement, which he publicly shared on Facebook. Melania Trump, Trump's wife, was seen in a public appearance on her 20th birthday, attempting to defuse the controversy between the president and a young female deputy.

MSNBC reporter Mika Harvani described Hafer as Trump's "comfort blanket" in a recent MSNBC interview. Senator Joe Manchin criticized Hafer's role as an aide to Trump after he made a statement about visiting her and wanting to travel with her.