Trump, Loomer and National Security Council
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Trump downplayed Loomer's influence on the firings.
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U.S. President Donald Trump fired General Timothy Haugh as director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, according to two officials familiar with the decision, and congressional Democrats den...
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President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.
The NSC shake-up followed a White House visit by Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who urged Trump to purge staff with hawkish foreign policy views.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's fired "some" White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty.
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who met with Trump this week, took credit for their removals in a social media post.
He has never sent classified material over his personal email account or any unsecured platform,” the spokesperson insisted.