t’s a scene George Orwell might have written, had he lived long enough to see satire become biography. In an office once built for the solemnity of state, Laura Loomer sits - a woman once banned from social media for calling 9/11 an “inside job” and hurling racist abuse at Kamala Harris, and advises the President of the United States on who should be entrusted with safeguarding national security.
On Wednesday, Loomer reportedly urged Donald Trump in a private Oval Office meeting to fire several members of the National Security Council (NSC) - including staff who had been using Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to discuss military operations and had mistakenly added a journalist to their chat. The very next day, Trump confirmed to reporters:
“We’re always letting go of people. People we don’t like. People we think are loyal to someone else.”
A sentence as casual as it is revealing. In Trump’s second term, loyalty - not competence - has become the currency of survival. And Laura Loomer, once a fringe figure in the conspiratorial far right, is now its gatekeeper.
The Long March Through Trump's Shadow Government
Loomer is no stranger to Trumpworld. She once scaled the fence outside Nancy Pelosi’s house, handcuffed herself to Twitter HQ after being banned, and waged a personal war on Ron DeSantis until Trump rewarded her with an invitation to Mar-a-Lago. On September 11, 2024, she was seen accompanying Trump on his flight - as if she were part of the official staff.
Now she’s taken aim at America’s security circles. Loomer demands “strong vetting,” a euphemism in Trump’s era for purging, paranoia, and ideological purity. That Trump dismissed several NSC officials shortly after their meeting - including, according to reports, NSA Director General Timothy Haugh — seems no coincidence. Haugh’s deputy, Wendy Noble, was “reassigned” within the Pentagon, a euphemism long perfected in authoritarian regimes.
The Apocalyptic Personnel Adviser
Loomer’s influence is not just grotesque - it is dangerous. Her inflammatory remarks about Muslims, immigrants, and Vice President Harris - whom she mocked with racial stereotypes — have raised eyebrows even among hardline conservatives. And yet, there she is, not labeled a security threat, but installed as a security authority.
On X (formerly Twitter), Loomer now boasts openly of initiating the firings. She cites the fact that CNN and MSNBC commentators are defending the ousted officials as proof she “targeted the right people.”
The Language of Loyalty Replaces Thought
What we are witnessing is not just a reshuffle. It is the hollowing out of institutional stability by personal grievance. The political agenda no longer follows national security - it follows the gut instincts of a man long divorced from reality, and the shrill demands of a woman whose profession is not analysis, but escalation.
Trump’s dismissal of Loomer’s influence — claiming she merely “made suggestions” - is part of the theater. In truth, she has what few in Washington still possess: the president’s ear. And she knows how to use it.
A Nation Hollowing Itself Out
Democrats call it an assault on national security. Congressman Jim Himes, a leading member of the House Intelligence Committee, has demanded an immediate explanation for the NSA director’s dismissal. The administration, however, remains silent, or speaks only in veiled references.
What remains is a nation slowly hollowing itself out. Not through a coup. But through spreadsheets, emails, and Oval Office meetings with people who can no longer tell the difference between loyalty and fanaticism.
a Loomer may hold no official title. But she holds the trust of a president who no longer seeks advisors, only affirmers. The new court jester sets the course. And the court follows.
What sounds like farce is already fact. And it may only be the beginning.
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