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From Kremlin propagandist to Ukraine advocate, the spectacular conversion of MAGA influencer Laura Loomer (and why it matters)

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From Kremlin propagandist to Ukraine advocate, the spectacular conversion of MAGA influencer Laura Loomer (and why it matters)
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Laura Loomer at the inauguration ceremony for a section of Southern Boulevard, renamed President Donald J. Trump Boulevard, at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 16, 2026. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP Laura Loomer's dramatic shift to supporting Ukraine marks a significant diplomatic turn in Washington and speaks volumes about how American geopolitics is evolving under Donald Trump.

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Laura Loomer at the inauguration ceremony for a section of Southern Boulevard, renamed President Donald J. Trump Boulevard, at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 16, 2026. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP Laura Loomer's dramatic shift to supporting Ukraine marks a significant diplomatic turn in Washington and speaks volumes about how American geopolitics is evolving under Donald Trump. The MAGA figurehead, who until now had embraced the Kremlin's positions on the war in Ukraine, shared what appeared to be her own road to Damascus moment with her nearly 2 million followers on X: a trip to Kyiv and a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky that completely changed her mind.

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