Breaking: Trump, Vance, Waltz OUT; Laura Loomer Takes Over
What in God’s name was Trump thinking? For that matter, what was Vance thinking? How about Susie Wiles? I can guess what Waltz was thinking. Here’s what I’m thinking—out of the frying pan, into the fire:
'Disloyal' NSC Staffers Fired After Laura Loomer Brings Receipts To The White House
Three staffers on the National Security Council have been fired after journalist Laura Loomer met with President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, where she presented him with a list of 'disloyal' employees, the NY Times reports, thanks to ongoing (and copious) leaks from the administration.
Mr. Trump may act on some of Ms. Loomer’s recommendations, two of the people said. 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. -NYT
The rest of the Times report amounts to a character assassination on Loomer, which was to be expected - writing that "Loomer’s rhetoric and actions have been so extreme that she has alienated others even on the far right."
The White House meeting came after weeks of Loomer posting about various 'disloyal' Democrats within the Trump administration - including deputy national security adviser Alex Wong, who she says added a journalist from The Atlantic to a DoD Signal chat on behalf of his boss, national security adviser Michael Waltz (Waltz was in Wednesday's meeting, according to the report). In posts to X, Loomer noted that Wong's wife worked as a DOJ lawyer for the Biden and Obama administrations, and her father is a large shareholder in a Chinese satellite manufacturer.
The roughly 30-minute meeting with Loomer was held shortly before Trump's major tariff announcement in the White House Rose Garden. Also in the meeting aside from Waltz were VP JD Vance, Sergio Gor - the head of presidential personnel, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and White House communications director Steven Cheung, according to the NYT's leakers.
Can you say: Crash and burn?
Michael Tracey @mtracey
OK, it's official, @LauraLoomer has bigger balls than any male in the Trump orbit
10:03 AM · Apr 3, 2025
Let me be clear. For all I know Loomer may be right about every one of the fired staffers--accounts range from 3 to 10. But this is no way to run an administration, and especially not mere months in. I don't see good coming from this. If there was a problem with any of these officials then they shouldn't have been retained/hired. That's on Trump. These are decisions the administration has to make, not delegate to outsiders like Loomer. Reports were that this was the exact reason Waltz wasn't fired--to avoid the appearance of disarray. And now this?
The axed officials include Walsh, a director for intelligence who previously worked for now Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Boodry, Waltz's former legislative director in Congress who was a senior director for legislative affairs and Feth, who oversaw technology and national security. Feth had served in the State Department during Trump's first term.
David Feith is the son of Douglas Feith -- one of the notorious "neo-conservative" denizens of the GWB administration.