‘White House Personnel Director Laura Loomer’: Brian Kilmeade Gobsmacked Conspiracy Theorist Has ‘Influence’ Over Trump
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade expressed his exasperation over bigoted conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer’s apparent “influence” over President Donald Trump on his radio show Friday.
Kilmeade’s commentary during a segment in which his guest, reporter Mark Halperin, shed light on Loomer’s role in the Trump White House.
The conversation began with Kilmeade making note of Trump’s decisions to remove Mike Waltz from his initial post as national security adviser and pull Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination to serve as his surgeon general after Loomer lobbied against both.
“If you want Mike Waltz out, that’s your-, you’re the president of the United States. But I hope it’s not because of Laura Loomer. Is that what you’re hearing?” began Kilmeade.
“You mean White House Personnel Director Laura Loomer?” answered Halperin somewhat facetiously.
“Yeah, I mean that’s what it seems,” mused Kilmeade. “I hope she’s overstating her impact.”
The pair continued:
HALPERIN: Well, we know some things that have not really been disputed. She sat in the Oval Office with Mike Waltz before he was “promoted” to be the UN ambassador, and said to the president, the following people on the National Security Council staff have to go and he fired them. So she’s very influential. Now, she’s not in favor of the replacement surge in general nominee. So if Casey Means is confirmed, then Loomer will have won one, but then lost one. She’s very much opposed. So it’s an interesting thing to seemingly let her have her way on the on the nominee right before the confirmation hearings, but then put it put it right back and say well, “We’re going to replace the one you don’t like with someone else you don’t like.” So we’ll have to see. She’s not all powerful, but she’s influential. When she goes after someone, it hangs in the balance. She doesn’t always win, but she’s won a lot.
KILMEADE: Do you know why? Do you know why she has this influence?
HALPERIN: Well, it’s interesting because you could say, “Well, she’s got a lot of influence online with MAGA.” But we see sometimes she goes after people who have support from other people in MAGA — Tucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, Don Jr. — I think her influence comes in part because she puts in sharp relief biographical aspects or ideological statements from folks that some people in MAGA don’t like. And she whips them up. And for whatever reason, the president in particular — more than anybody who works for him, as I understand it –just says, “I don’t want that heat. I don’t want to deal with that. So let’s just cut our losses and move on.” And it’s an extraordinary story because I don’ t remember anybody in any previous administration I’ve covered having Laura Loomer’s influence over these personnel decisions.
KILMEADE: There’s a lot of unprecedented things always with Trump one and Trump two, and here’s another . That’s why Mark is so valuable — your insight and your contacts have never been greater.
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