{"id":2615639,"date":"2026-06-18T12:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unpacking-laura-loomers-mea-culpa-on-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:21:34","slug":"unpacking-laura-loomers-mea-culpa-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unpacking-laura-loomers-mea-culpa-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking Laura Loomer\u2019s mea culpa on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funpacking-laura-loomers-mea-culpa-on-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article from Washington Secrets covers several political and international topics. It highlights Laura Loomer&#8217;s surprising change of stance on Ukraine, acknowledging her previous skepticism and admitting to falling for Russian propaganda, notably criticizing U.S. support for Ukraine as risky and unwise. Loomer&#8217;s turnaround was influenced by a trip to Ukraine with embedded journalist Andrew Moore, who witnessed the destruction caused by Russian attacks and emphasized the fight for freedom and the exposure of russian and Iranian collaborations. The piece also discusses President Trump\u2019s rationale for agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, citing concerns over economic catastrophe and noting that peace talks have correlated with rising stock markets. Additionally, Jill Biden\u2019s memoir reveals a subtle, secret message she considered writing on frosted windows before leaving the White House.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article briefly touches<\/a> on other topics, such as critiques of Trump&#8217;s Iran deal and commentary on media figures, underscoring ongoing debates over foreign policy, propaganda, and political narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Welcome to Thursday\u2019s <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>. Have you noticed? Something strange has happened to Laura Loomer \u2014 she has changed her mind. We have the inside story on just why she saw the light on Ukraine. Plus, we identify the one moment of clarity in Donald Trump\u2019s odd G7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> yesterday. And did Jill Biden hide a rude message for the Trumps at the White House?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura Loomer, the energetic, online queen of MAGA, left her followers in no doubt about the duplicity of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"82\">Ukrainians<\/a> and the folly of defending it against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"80\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4609287\/how-official-could-record-epstein-discussions-situation-room\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>This is how an official could have recorded Epstein discussions in the Situation Room<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4608441\/trump-g7-summit-france-macron-resist-spoiling\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump arrives at the G7 in buoyant mood. 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And 39 times it hasn\u2019t happened<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flying Ukraine\u2019s blue and yellow flag over Congress was \u201ca slap in the face to all Americans,\u201d and backing Kyiv risked World War III, she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That all changed this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI fell for Russian propaganda,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2067319339326276071\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2067319339326276071\">she announced to her followers<\/a> on Wednesday\u2019s edition of <em>Loomer Unleashed<\/em>, describing how she had believed that Ukraine needed to be \u201cdenazified\u201d without realizing that Russia was killing Christians in its war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loomer is one of the most influential outside figures in Trumpworld. She is a frequent visitor to the Oval Office, with her visits known to be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369201\/trump-fires-national-security-council-staffers-laura-loomer-loyalty-concerns\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369201\/trump-fires-national-security-council-staffers-laura-loomer-loyalty-concerns\/\">followed by the dismissal<\/a> of national security figures on her recommendation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her U-turn on Ukraine is a victory for Ukraine advocates, who say they face an uphill struggle to combat Moscow\u2019s $2 billion propaganda campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Secrets<\/em> can reveal that the tipping point came with the help of a former Republican strategist and chief of staff, who took one of Loomer\u2019s journalists to Ukraine, where he embedded with the 34th Marine Brigade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Moore, a reporter for <em>Loomer Unleashed<\/em>, was also in Kyiv during one of the heaviest Russian attacks. On the show, he described what he saw when he emerged in the morning from a bomb shelter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe went and visited wreckage around the city,\u201d Moore told Loomer. \u201cOne of those sites was an evangelical church that was completely exploded in the middle of it. A cruise missile had hit it, and the damage was extensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described how Americans would have recognized the church as one used by American televangelists such as Joel Osteen. Before it had been pulverized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His trip was facilitated by Steven Moore, founder of the Ukraine Freedom Project. In a previous life, he spent seven years working in the House of Representatives as chief of staff for former Rep. Pete Roskam, the former chief deputy Republican whip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you bring people to Ukraine, even if they\u2019re skeptics, they see that it\u2019s a fight for freedom,\u201d Steven Moore told <em>Secrets<\/em> over a cup of coffee during a visit to Washington this week.\u00a0\u201cThey see that Russia is doing terrible things to Ukrainian Christians and they come around, they change their mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Moore said he could not compete financially with a regime that spends $2 billion a year on propaganda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut we have the truth,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd even in today\u2019s world, the truth still works.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second part of his message, aside from attacks on Christians, is the way Russia and Iran have formed a nexus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Andrew Moore saw that for himself with the 34th Marine Brigade, and their work protecting Kherson by taking out Russia\u2019s Shahed drones, the same model that was being used against American personnel in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia is sending these new and improved Shahed drones to the Middle East to target US service members, and Ukraine is sending the weapons to defend US service members,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a complicated story once you boil it down to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loomer\u2019s switch in stance is a huge win. But it still leaves the likes of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4604415\/tucker-carlson-republican-poll-ukraine-russia\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4604415\/tucker-carlson-republican-poll-ukraine-russia\/\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>, the former Fox News host, and Candace Owens, the far-Right commentator, pushing Russian talking points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Moore said he would like to see Joe Rogan, whose podcast gets more than 10 million listeners for each episode, get better information on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCandace Owens, Tucker Carlson, they know what they\u2019re saying is not true, and they say it anyway,\u201d he said. \u201cJoe Rogan just hangs out with the wrong crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loomer told her listeners that the Russians were masters at finding and using divisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russians are very good at tapping into emotions, they\u2019re very good at exploiting the anger of the American people, especially the anger of the MAGA movement, and I think we need to take a step back and sometimes think about how our emotions are being exploited,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-trump-agreed-to-ceasefire-with-iran\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Trump agreed to ceasefire with Iran<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid all the bluster and rambling of the president\u2019s press conference at the G7 in France on Wednesday \u2014 and the chaos of the document rollout \u2014 there were moments of illumination and, indeed, possibly truth among Trump\u2019s words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe one president I did not want to be was the late great Herbert Hoover. I didn\u2019t want that, and who knows what would have happened, but bad things happened,\u201d he said, invoking a man whose presidency was dominated by the Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump elaborated a little later about why now was the time to agree the memorandum of understanding with Iran, despite not securing the unconditional surrender he had once demanded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe one thing I didn\u2019t want to see is, I didn\u2019t want to see economic catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you kept this going, that could have happened, but all I know is every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship, it never went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jill-s-secret-message-to-trump\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jill\u2019s secret message to Trump<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Secrets<\/em> read Jill Biden\u2019s new memoir, <em>View from the East Wing<\/em>, so you don\u2019t have to. If you have read the excerpts and reviews elsewhere, then you have probably seen the best bits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But <em>Secrets<\/em> was tickled by a section where Dr. Biden, as she likes to be known, describes the Bidens\u2019 last day in the residence in 2025 before the Trumps moved back in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is cold and frosty, and she notices that the windows where the Bidens watch TV have frosted on the outside, with a thin watery film on the cold glass on the inside. \u201cHmm, the perfect place for a message,\u201d she thinks to herself, realizing that any message would disappear before reappearing the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTempting,\u201d she writes. \u201cThe residence staff wouldn\u2019t observe it because the sun would have warmed the glass by the time they would come into that part of the house. Yes! I would write it with my finger in the steam. I looked at the message for a few moments\u2026 Should I let it remain? Finally, I left that room for the last time, heading upstairs to get ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She doesn\u2019t explain later whether she left it there. But reader, I think we can assume she did!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lunchtime-reading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunchtime reading<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4609894\/feeble-trump-iran-deal-fitting-end-foolish-war\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4609894\/feeble-trump-iran-deal-fitting-end-foolish-war\/\"><strong>Feeble Iran deal a fitting end to a foolish war<\/strong><\/a>: There is little love for Trump\u2019s deal with Iran. And our Tom Rogan explains why.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7370877\/2026\/06\/18\/fox-world-cup-zlatan-ibrahimovic-alexi-lalas\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7370877\/2026\/06\/18\/fox-world-cup-zlatan-ibrahimovic-alexi-lalas\/\"><strong>Fox\u2019s World Cup problem: Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 and Alexi Lalas<\/strong><\/a>: It\u2019s almost as if they have leaned into the idea that hate-watching can drive viewership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>You are reading <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>, a guide to power and politics in D.C. and beyond. 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