'More trouble than she’s worth': Trump officials grow wary of Laura Loomer’s influence

Frustration is reportedly mounting inside the Trump administration as senior officials grow increasingly suspicious of right‑wing provocateur Laura Loomer, with some branding her as “more trouble than she’s worth.”

The Free Press reported Tuesday that four White House insiders and another Trump administration official confirmed there's growing concern that Loomer’s actions may be motivated not purely by loyalty to President Donald Trump, but by outside business interests urging her on.

“One official said, ‘She used to pretty much just amplify the MAGA line, but now it’s pretty clear that she has her own agenda,’" per the report.

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Another added, “There is widespread understanding here that she’s not guided entirely by loyalties to the president, but external business interests,” with unnamed sources pointing to drug‑maker Sarepta Therapeutics as a possible benefactor.

Though no evidence of payment has been confirmed, some allege Loomer may have been remunerated, directly or indirectly, for her vocal attacks on Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s vaccine and gene therapy chief, whom she labeled a “progressive leftist saboteur” just days after Sarepta requested a halt to shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy.

The report noted that Loomer’s criticism preceded Prasad’s dismissal. She also targeted him shortly after Sarepta retained Michael Best Strategies (led by Reince Priebus) to lobby on rare disease therapeutics.

Loomer herself sees her role differently.

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“I wanted to work for the president,” she told the Free Press. “That’s obviously not happening… so now I am doing what I can to have maximum impact on the outside with my skills as an investigative journalist and a master networker.”

She stressed that when she speaks, outcomes often follow. In the past seven months, officials who drew her ire have been dismissed — from the NSA and DOJ to the White House itself.

After criticizing National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputies, and even meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, they were soon gone. Loomer also claims credit for the recent State Department decision to suspend all visitor visas from Gaza, calling the program “a national security threat.”

Yet, even as she continues to influence internal personnel shakeups, her access remains informal, even questionable.

She bills herself as an “informal adviser” to Trump and claims he has sought to hire her four times, though no position materialized.