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Otherwise, why in the hell would he listen to a conspiracy nut like Loomer?
Laura Loomer
The long tail of Signalgate.
Remember Signalgate? That was so silly when it happened, 150 years ago. And while everyone involved in “Houthi PC small group” still has a job, the ramifications within the executive branch are still being felt. Our stated belief has been that if someone—namely national security adviser Michael Waltz—lost their job, it would be more the result of internal battles between the MAGA and traditional GOP wings of the foreign-policy teams than accountability for insecure communications practices. That’s begun to happen, though in a stupider way than we’d predicted. Laura Loomer, a lunatic online-brained conspiracy theorist whom then–campaign manager Susie Wiles worked diligently to keep away from Trump’s ear, apparently has Trump’s ear yet again. In an Oval Office meeting with Trump this week—yikes!—Loomer presented him with a “list of people she believed were disloyal to the president” primarily on the National Security Council. Six NSC officials were fired shortly thereafter, even though Waltz and his deputy survived. Trump still doesn’t want to fire Waltz and give the media credit for a “scalp.” So he just moved one rung lower, at the behest of a dingbat from the internet. The Surge
