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For years, Laura<\/span> Loomer\u2019s position on Ukraine was crystal clear. It was \u201ca country full of Nazi apologists<\/a>\u201d led by \u201ca Jihadi apologist<\/a>.\u201d Loomer<\/a>, a conspiracy theorist and avid Trump supporter, called American politicians who supported Ukraine in its war against Russia \u201ctraitors<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Loomer, who traveled to Ukraine last week, has changed her tune. She has posted a seemingly endless stream of content from the country, including a sit-down interview with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pictures of her eating McDonald\u2019s surrounded by bombed-out buildings in the capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, hours after news broke of Senator Lindsey Graham\u2019s death, Loomer was the first to raise the conspiracy theory that Russia was responsible<\/a>. \u201cDid Russia just murder a US Senator?\u201d Loomer wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Loomer is on one side of a MAGA civil war<\/a> that has split Trump\u2019s supporter base over the course of the past year. It\u2019s not just about Russia, either: While figures like far-right podcaster Candace Owens, former Fox News star Tucker Carlson, and former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have split with President Donald Trump over his failure to deliver on campaign promises, the war with Iran, and the administration\u2019s close ties to the Israeli government, Loomer has remained loyal.<\/p>\n

She has also spent the past year battling some of Trump\u2019s detractors online. Following Owens\u2019 trip to Russia in May, where the podcaster praised the country extensively, Loomer claimed that Owens was trying to \u201cdestroy MAGA<\/a>.\u201d (Loomer did not reply to a request for comment. Owens tells WIRED in a statement: \u201cLaura Loomer is mentally unwell and has been committed against her will for psychiatric evaluation twice. We wish her well, but do not entertain her various documented delusions in the press or otherwise.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Loomer claims her change of heart about Ukraine was inspired by the realization that she had been \u201cpropagandized by Russian media<\/a>.\u201d Trump has a slightly different answer: \u201cI think they support what I support,\u201d Trump told reporters<\/a> in the White House on Friday when asked about Loomer\u2019s trip and some of the party\u2019s reversal on Ukraine. \u201cI know what MAGA wants better than anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has changed position on the Russia and Ukraine conflict many times over the past year. Last September, he surprised his NATO allies when he said Ukraine could win back land<\/a> Russia had occupied since the beginning of the conflict, land he previously said Ukraine should just concede to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But a month later, after a phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Trump reversed course again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In recent months, Trump has continued to criticize Zelenskyy, derisively referring to him as \u201cP. T. Barnum<\/a>\u201d in social media posts. But the administration has also turned to Ukraine<\/a> for its expertise in countering drone attacks after six US service members<\/a> were killed in an Iranian attack in Kuwait. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy visited the Oval Office while the Senate considered imposing harsher sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe primary driver of Loomer\u2019s political posturing is her unwavering adoration of Trump, not a rigid set of ideological beliefs,\u201d Jared Holt, senior researcher at Open Measures, tells WIRED. \u201cWhile she maintains some core attitudes, including anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant beliefs, she has repeatedly shown a willingness to shift her positions if she believes it will help the president. Trump calls the tune, and Loomer follows his lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Loomer\u2019s surprise trip to Ukraine once again shows is that the MAGA civil war is not playing out in the halls of Congress but on social media feeds, where some of Trump\u2019s most loyal influencers have shown a willingness to do and say just about anything to maintain their standing with the MAGA base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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For years, Laura Loomer\u2019s position on Ukraine was crystal clear. It was \u201ca country full of Nazi apologists\u201d led by \u201ca Jihadi apologist.\u201d Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and avid Trump supporter, called American politicians who supported Ukraine in its war against Russia \u201ctraitors.\u201d But Loomer, who traveled to Ukraine last week, has changed her tune. 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