Atlanta, Georgia - As rumors continue to swirl about President Donald Trump's relationship with his aide Natalie Harp, one former Congressman suggests it might not be able to go as far as some suggest.
In an interview with CNN, Max Rose – who represented New York's 11th Congressional District from 2019 to 2021 – praised Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, who mocked the president at a recent rally for traveling with Harp on "their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar."
When asked if Ossoff went too far, Rose argued he and other Democrats should go even further, claiming that Ossoff was "wrong for physical reasons."
"Donald Trump probably couldn't have an affair with anyone right now. That's the line that these things should be going in," Rose explained, pointing to rising concerns over the 80-year-old president's age and health.
"For so long, we have faced this Republican Party, which not only flaunts any rule, but does so almost with pride, and says the American people just don't care," he continued.
"What people are looking at the Democrats to do now is to show that they have the guts to not leave any tool on the table in terms of their effort to beat this. That's not a bad thing."
Rose went on to suggest that any Democrat "not willing to match the Republicans in terms of how low they're willing to go... should be disqualified from any future nominating contest."
Who is Natalie Harp, and where is Melania?
In his second term, Trump tapped Harp – a former One America News anchor who used her platform to aggressively push his 2020 "stolen" election conspiracy – to be his executive assistant.
They have since been nearly inseparable, as Harp is tasked with writing his Truth Social posts for him and quickly providing him with prints of documents.
In the book Regime Change published this year, two New York Times reporters wrote that Harp's loyalty also extended to writing him "adoring letters," including one that read, "You are all that matters to me."
Their relationship recently came under scrutiny after Trump reportedly was forced to travel in a decoy plane due to threats of an attack on Air Force One. It was later discovered that he only took Harp and a few others with him, while leaving many of his top administration officials to travel in the targeted plane.
The incident – and Trump's fiery reaction to questions about Harp – have since sparked some speculation on social media that the two could potentially be romantically involved.
The speculation also comes as First Lady Melania Trump has been out of the spotlight, as she hasn't been seen in public since attending the World Cup Final with her husband last month.