Loomer reverses on Ukraine, sits down with Zelenskyy
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- Laura Loomer met and interviewed Zelenskyy on Thursday for her show on Rumble, telling her nearly 2 million X followers she had been wrong to repeat Russian propaganda.
- Zelenskyy's office publicly welcomed the visit, stating it was "really important that [Loomer] is in Ukraine and sees things with her own eyes as they are."
- Loomer had previously called Ukraine "corrupt" and full of "Nazi apologists" — the same language Russia invoked to justify its 2022 full-scale invasion — and labeled Zelenskyy a "Jihadi apologist" for meeting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
- Loomer has no official role in the Trump administration but maintains a close personal relationship with the president and was granted Pentagon press credentials last year.
- Loomer claimed credit for the October 2025 detention of British journalist Sami Hamdi, writing that he was "lucky his only fate is being arrested and deported," and in April 2026 said she reported an Iranian national to the State Department as the alleged niece of Qassem Soleimani.
- Trump's diplomatic efforts to end the war — including multiple calls and meetings with both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin — have yet to achieve a breakthrough, with skepticism of US support for Ukraine persisting among segments of his base.
Why it matters: Loomer has no official role but sits close to Trump and has already bragged about influencing the deportation of a journalist and the revocation of a residency; her public reversal on Ukraine could give the Zelenskyy government a conduit to a faction of the Trump base that has long opposed US aid to Kyiv, while Trump's parallel efforts with Putin have produced no breakthrough.
