MAGA rethinks Ukraine

MAGA重新审视乌克兰

Today, Explained

2026-08-11

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After years of skepticism, an important MAGA figure is warming to the Ukrainian cause. And she has the ear of the president. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Political activist Laura Loomer films with her cellphone as President Donald Trump takes part in an event at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • In veteran MAGA trickster, Laura Loomer never fails to surprise.

  • In college, to prove a point, she tried to start an ISIS support group.

  • In New York, she crashed Shakespeare in the Park's production of Julius Caesar.

  • In the second Trump administration, she's literally telling him who to fire.

  • It was then, without exaggeration, a complete shock when Loomer turned up in a bomb shelter

  • in Ukraine about two weeks ago and told a reporter from the AP she'd changed her mind.

  • People love being keyboard warriors and saying things are fake.

  • I was once that person, too.

  • But then I decided to come to a war zone and see things for myself.

  • Like much of the MAGAverse, Loomer has long been critical of Ukraine while praising Russia,

  • but something made her do the thing that no one ever seems to do these days, admit she was wrong.

  • Now she might even be influencing President Trump's attitude toward Ukraine.

  • Coming up on Today Explained from Vox, MAGA rethinks Ukraine.

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