During the [[Trump 2.0|second presidency of Donald Trump]] starting in 2025, Loomer emerged as an increasingly influential actor, using her [[social media]] platform to call for the firing of officials she deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump. In early April 2025, reports emerged that Loomer influenced President Trump to dismiss more than half a dozen [[national security]] officials due to her suspicions of their disloyalty to him, and that Loomer had continued to advocate for additional firings.<ref name="swan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |title=Loomer's Role in Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump |last1=Swan |first1=Jonathan |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Bensinger |first3=Ken |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 4, 2025 |access-date=|url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404223356/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |archive-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref> | During the [[Trump 2.0|second presidency of Donald Trump]] starting in 2025, Loomer emerged as an increasingly influential actor, using her [[social media]] platform to call for the firing of officials she deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump. In early April 2025, reports emerged that Loomer influenced President Trump to dismiss more than half a dozen [[national security]] officials due to her suspicions of their disloyalty to him, and that Loomer had continued to advocate for additional firings.<ref name="swan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |title=Loomer's Role in Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump |last1=Swan |first1=Jonathan |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Bensinger |first3=Ken |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 4, 2025 |access-date=|url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404223356/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |archive-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref> |