Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and staunch Trump ally, has dramatically reversed her longstanding hostility towards Ukraine after visiting the country last week, posting extensively online including an interview with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This U-turn matters because it highlights a deepening rift within Trump's MAGA support base, where figures such as Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have broken with the president over issues including Ukraine, Iran and Israel, while Loomer has remained fiercely loyal to Trump regardless of shifting positions.

Loomer previously branded Ukraine a country of "Nazi apologists" led by a "Jihadi apologist" and labelled its American supporters "traitors," but now says she was "propagandized by Russian media." She also promoted a conspiracy theory linking Russia to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, and has clashed online with Owens, who says Loomer has twice been committed for psychiatric evaluation. Trump himself has repeatedly changed his stance on the Russia-Ukraine war over the past year, and analysts, including researcher Jared Holt, suggest Loomer's positions are driven primarily by loyalty to Trump rather than fixed ideology, illustrating that this MAGA infighting plays out mainly on social media rather than in Congress.