Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump

<p>The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on Iran</p><p>After years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/george-bush">George W Bush</a> administration that led to the bloody wars in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/iraq">Iraq</a> and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East</a>.</p><p>And not just any war: they are applauding <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s high-risk decision to bomb <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran">Iran</a>’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/laura-loomer-donald-trump-maga-influencer">Continue reading...</a>