A patriot,” in Trump’s words. “A callus” that only appears “after the work’s done,” as one Republican senator put it. The reality may be somewhere in between.

Laura Loomer has the ear of President Trump, and reports suggest members of his administration are going to her to root out disloyal officials.

Donald Trump has called conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer a “very nice person” as she wages her personal war to clean house in the Trump administration. The far-right Trump mega fan has taken credit for the firings of at least 16 people who she said were not sufficiently loyal to the president.