Trump ally Loomer meets Zelensky in Ukraine after dramatic U-turn on war

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-24 · 02:57 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Laura Loomer, a prominent ally of former US President Donald Trump, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday. This meeting follows a significant shift in Loomer's public stance on the war, as she had previously downplayed Russia's invasion and shared Russian propaganda with her followers. During her visit, Loomer experienced an air raid and acknowledged that her past indifference to the conflict was not appropriate. Her change of heart and visit to Ukraine could have political implications in Washington.

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Loomer experienced her first air raid in Ukraine with sirens blaring.

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Loomer stated that her previous stance of not caring about the war was "not very nice of me to say."

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Laura Loomer, an ally of Donald Trump, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine.

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Loomer had previously minimized Russia's invasion of Ukraine and amplified Russian propaganda.

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Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of US President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington.Loomer had spent years minimising Russia’s Ukraine" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="143185" data-entity-type="event">Invasion of Ukraine and amplifying Russian propaganda to her nearly 2 million followers. This week she had a change of heart.“Just experienced my first air raid in Ukraine. Sirens blaring. This is everyday for every Ukrainian,” Loomer wrote on X during her visit to the country. “I often said I don’t care. Looking back, that wasn’t very nice of me to say.”

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