Update (4/3/25 4:45PM CT): In comments to the press aboard Air Force One Thursday, President Trump said he listens to Loomer's recommendations on both hirings and firings, but that the recent NSC firings were not influenced by Wednesday's meeting.

"Laura Loomer is a very good patriot and a strong person. I saw her yesterday for a little while. She makes recommendations of things and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations," Trump said.

Asked, "Did she have anything to do with the NSC aides that were ousted?" Trump abruptly responded, "No."

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The liberal mainstream media is accusing journalist and Trump insider Laura Loomer of helping expel three members of Trump's National Security Council team suspected of having pro-war foreign policy agendas contradictory to the administration.

Loomer reportedly went to the White House Wednesday following Trump's tariff announcement, entered the West Wing and then spoke with the president about several NSC staffers inside the Oval Office, according to the NY Times:

"Ms. Loomer walked into the White House with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character and loyalty of numerous N.S.C. officials, two of the people said. She proceeded to excoriate them in front of their boss, the national security adviser Michael Waltz, who was also in the meeting."

Following Loomer's meeting Wednesday, Axios reported Thursday the Trump administration had laid off three "neocon" NSC staffers, though it did not confirm the firings were due to her meeting with the president:

Several members of President Trump's embattled National Security Council have been fired, a U.S. official and a second source familiar told Axios on Thursday.

Why it matters: The firings come a day after conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer visited the Oval Office and pressed Trump to fire specific NSC staffers. Axios has not confirmed whether the firings were directly linked to that incident, but the source familiar said they were "being labeled as an anti-neocon move."

Behind the scenes: The U.S. official said Loomer was furious that "neocons" had "slipped through" the vetting process for administration jobs, referring to hawkish foreign policy views commonly associated with the Bush administration.