Overview
- On July 23 Loomer sat for a recorded interview with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and told him she had been “bamboozled by Russian propaganda.”
- Loomer says she called President Trump from Ukraine and plans to brief him in person about what she saw on her trip.
- President Trump amplified a promotional clip of the interview on Truth Social with the comment “Very good!!!,” highlighting Loomer’s informal influence in his circle.
- Ukrainian officials welcomed her visit and arranged access to leaders and frontline sites as a targeted effort to persuade skeptical U.S. conservative audiences ahead of high-level meetings and congressional decisions on aid.
- Analysts note Loomer’s long record of conspiracy-mongering and bigoted remarks will limit her credibility for many voters even as her conversion could still nudge parts of the MAGA movement and affect short-term political debates.