What’s behind Maga influencer Laura Loomer’s about-face on Ukraine?

<p>After a Kyiv visit, rightwing firebrand now supports Ukraine – but perhaps it’s just because Trump favors a winner</p><p>Laura Loomer, the online Maga provocateur, has never worked in the White House or anywhere else in the government, but <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/maga-influencer-laura-loomer-reverses-course-on-ukraine-after-kyiv-visit">her sudden conversion to the Ukrainian cause</a> this week is significant because her social media posts often have real policy implications in the second <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>.</p><p>The rightwing commentator has spent the last few days in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/kyiv">Kyiv</a>, where she announced a newfound sympathy for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">Ukraine</a> in its long war with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia">Russia</a>, and admitted that she had previously fallen for Russian propaganda.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/laura-loomers-ukraine-visit">Continue reading...</a>