Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Friday announcement that the U.S. will host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho has drawn the ire of the Trump administration’s closest allies, including Laura Loomer, who said she felt “betrayed” over the matter.
In a flurry of social media posts Friday afternoon, Loomer unleashed on the administration’s announcement that it had signed the letter greenlighting the building of a Qatar Emiri air force contingent at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwestern Idaho. The air arm of Qatar’s armed forces, Qatar Emiri air force pilots would train to fly F-15s in the U.S.
“There isn’t a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a military base on US soil,” Loomer posted to the social platform X. “I don’t know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote.” She also wrote that “no foreign country should have a military base on US soil. Especially Islamic countries.”
As much as Laura Loomer wants to be feared and loves to boast about her supposed influence within the Trump administration, outside of being able to call Trump directly, it’s hard to tell how much sway she actually holds. Indeed, with critics on both the Right and Left finding her abrasive and outspoken style off-putting (to say the least), her real impact on the President seems questionable at best. Add in her tendency toward hyperbole, her blatant narcissism, and her reputation as a well-paid Zionist, and it’s no surprise that (contrary to what the mainstream media might suggest) Trump himself keeps her at arm’s length.
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