‘It’s terrifying’: Former Trump aide on Laura Loomer working in Trump’s White House
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses controversial figures Laura Loomer and Donald Trump, highlighting Loomer's extremist views and Trump's admiration for her. It expresses concern over the potential influence of conspiracy theorists and racists in a second Trump administration, emphasizing the importance of character and judgment in political appointments. The conversation also touches on the reluctance of some politicians to challenge Trump's divisive rhetoric and the impact of fear-mongering on political discourse.
Takeaways
- 😲 The transcript discusses Donald Trump's admiration for Laura Loomer, who is known for pushing conspiracy theories.
- 🗣️ Trump is described as being surrounded by individuals who echo his views, including those with controversial opinions.
- 🚨 There is concern expressed about the potential for a second Trump administration to be staffed by individuals like Laura Loomer, who have a history of promoting conspiracy theories.
- 🤔 The conversation questions what appeals to Trump about figures like Loomer, suggesting it might be their unwavering defense of his statements and actions.
- 😥 There is worry that a second term could see Trump appointing more individuals who are not willing to challenge him, potentially leading to a more extreme administration.
- 😓 The transcript highlights the absence of people of good character who would push back against Trump's worst instincts in a second term.
- 😰 There is a noted fear that Trump's inner circle could include individuals who have trafficked in conspiracy theories and made racist remarks.
- 🤨 The discussion points out the contrast between Trump's approach and that of his first administration, where there were individuals willing to tell him 'no'.
- 😬 The transcript criticizes Trump for not condemning political violence and instead seemingly encouraging it to rally his base.
- 😓 There is a call for the public to focus on substantive issues like healthcare, jobs, and affordability rather than the sensationalist topics that Trump often engages with.
Q & A
Who is Laura Loomer and what does Donald Trump think of her?
-Laura Loomer is a controversial political commentator known for pushing conspiracy theories. In the script, Donald Trump is quoted as admiring her, calling her 'amazing' and a 'true patriot.'
What kind of conspiracy theories has Laura Loomer been associated with?
-Laura Loomer has been associated with various conspiracy theories, including suggesting that 9/11 was an inside job, as mentioned in the script.
What is the concern expressed about Laura Loomer's potential influence on a second Trump administration?
-There is concern that if Donald Trump were to have a second term, he might surround himself with individuals like Laura Loomer, who are known for pushing conspiracy theories and have extreme views, which could be detrimental to the administration.
What is the significance of the statement 'You are the company you keep' in the context of the script?
-The statement 'You are the company you keep' is used to criticize Donald Trump for associating with individuals like Laura Loomer, implying that his character and judgment are reflected by the people he chooses to be close to.
Why is the idea of Laura Loomer potentially serving in a significant role in the administration considered 'terrifying'?
-The idea is considered 'terrifying' because Laura Loomer is known for her conspiracy theories and controversial statements. The concern is that her potential role could lead to the spread of misinformation and divisive rhetoric from a position of power.
How does the script suggest that Donald Trump's approach to staffing his administration might change in a second term?
-The script suggests that in a second term, Donald Trump might be more inclined to staff his administration with individuals who are less likely to challenge him and more likely to support his controversial views and theories, such as Laura Loomer.
What is the concern about the type of people who might support Donald Trump's policies and rhetoric as mentioned in the script?
-The concern is that these supporters might encourage divisive and harmful rhetoric, and could potentially staff important roles in the administration, leading to a more extreme and less balanced government.
What is the implication of the statement 'He could pick whoever he wants' in the context of the script?
-The statement implies that without proper checks and balances, Donald Trump might be able to appoint individuals to positions of power who share his views, even if they are extreme or controversial, potentially leading to negative consequences.
What role do people like John Kelly and Mark Esper play in the discussion about the Trump administration?
-People like John Kelly and Mark Esper are mentioned as examples of individuals from the first administration who were willing to push back against Donald Trump's worst instincts. The concern is that in a second term, such voices might be replaced by those who are less likely to challenge him.
How does the script characterize the potential threat of a second Trump administration?
-The script characterizes the potential threat of a second Trump administration as one where individuals who are known for pushing conspiracy theories and extreme views could be given prominent roles, leading to a more divisive and potentially harmful government.
Outlines
🤔 Controversial Figures and Conspiracy Theories
The paragraph discusses Donald Trump's admiration for Laura Loomer, a controversial figure known for pushing conspiracy theories. Trump's support for Loomer is juxtaposed with her extreme views, such as suggesting illegal aliens receive luxurious treatment and her past claims about 9/11 being an inside job. The conversation also touches on Trump's potential second administration, with concerns about who he might surround himself with, including individuals like Loomer, who could potentially hold significant positions.
😓 Echoes of Racism and Political Instigation
This paragraph delves into the similarities between Donald Trump and Laura Loomer, highlighting their shared propensity for promoting racist conspiracy theories. It critiques Trump's response to political violence, suggesting he fuels rather than calms tensions. The paragraph also discusses the broader implications of Trump's rhetoric on immigration, suggesting it's a strategic move to galvanize his base. There's a call for a focus on substantive issues like healthcare, jobs, and living costs, which are perceived as more relevant to the general public's concerns, rather than the sensationalist topics Trump often engages with.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Conspiracy Theorist
💡Patriotism
💡Illegal Aliens
💡Sycophant
💡Character and Judgment
💡Racism
💡Inner Circle
💡Press Secretary
💡9/11 Memorial
💡Political Violence
Highlights
Donald Trump's admiration for Laura Loomer is highlighted.
Laura Loomer's conspiracy theories are discussed, including her claim that 9/11 was an inside job.
Loomer's extreme views on illegal aliens and potential violence are mentioned.
Concerns are raised about Loomer's influence on Trump and her potential role in his administration.
Loomer's past comments about Kamala Harris are described as vile and racist.
The conversation speculates on who might staff a second Trump administration, with fears of more extreme figures.
The potential for a second Trump term to be filled with 'yes men and women' is a point of concern.
Sarah Matthews, former Deputy Press Secretary, discusses Trump's character and judgment in choosing associates.
Loomer's aspirations for a job in the administration and her sycophantic behavior are analyzed.
The absence of people with good character willing to push back against Trump in a second term is noted.
The role of social media and Trump's use of conspiracy theories to rally supporters is examined.
The conversation touches on the reluctance of some politicians to speak out against Trump's conspiracy theories.
The impact of Trump's rhetoric on political violence and the temperature of the nation's discourse is discussed.
The transcript ends with a critique of Trump's focus on non-essential issues rather than the concerns of everyday Americans.
Transcripts
>>> DONALD TRUMP'S OPEN
>>> DONALD TRUMP'S OPEN
ADMIRATION FOR HER THIS WEEK
HAS ALSO HAPPENED THIS YEAR
WHEN SHE PUSHED HER GROSS
CONSPIRACIES.
>> THIS WOMAN IS AMAZING.
LAURA LOOMER.
WHERE IS SHE?
WHERE IS LAURA?
SHE IS AMAZING.
>> EVERY DAY WE SEE ANOTHER
STORY ABOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS
GOING TO THE RITZ CARLTON OR
GETTING FREE FLIGHTS OR ILLEGAL
ALIENS GETTING FREE CLOSE OR
FREE CELL PHONES AND SOMEBODY
WILL SNAP. SOMEBODY WILL SNAP.
IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WON'T CARE WHEN IT HAPPENS.
>> A FANTASTIC WOMAN.
A TRUE PATRIOT, LAURA LOOMER.
THANK YOU, LAURA.
>> IF KAMALA HARRIS GETS
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, WE WILL HAVE AN ISLAMIC
CALIPHATE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
YOU WORK HARD AND YOU ARE VERY
OPINIONATED. YOU ARE A VERY
OPINIONATED LADY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS SARAH
MATTHEWS SERVING AS THE DEPUTY
PRESS SECRETARY DURING THE
PRESS ADMINISTRATION -- TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> NONE OF US ARE SURPRISED BY
THE THINGS THAT TRUMP DOES THAT
HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEBODY
WHO IS A CONSPIRACY THEORIST, A
911 TRUTHER AND SAYS ALL THE
THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IN THIS
SHOW GOES FROM THAT TO BEING
ON THE PLANE TO THE DEBATE AND
KIND OF IN THE UNOFFICIAL INNER
CIRCLE OF DONALD TRUMP?
>> YOU ARE THE COMPANY YOU
KEEP.
THIS GOES TO SHOW WHAT HIS
CHARACTER AND JUDGMENT IS IF THIS IS WHO HE CHOOSES TO
THIS IS WHO HE CHOOSES TO
SURROUND HIMSELF WITH.
AMERICANS MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR
WITH HER AND SHE ISN'T IN
MAINSTREAM NAME BUT SHE IS AS
FRENCH AS IT GETS.
IT IS SCARY.
SHE NOW HAS THE EAR OF THE
POTENTIAL NEXT PRESIDENT AND TO
THINK THAT HE EVEN BROUGHT HER
TO A 9/11 MEMORIAL LAST WEEK.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO JUST LAST
YEAR SAID 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE
JOB AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY
CONSPIRACY THEORIES SHE PUSHED.
SHE SAID A LOT OF DISGUSTING VILE THINGS I WON'T REPEAT ON
VILE THINGS I WON'T REPEAT ON
AIR IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE
VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS.
TO THINK THEN THAT THIS IS WHO
DONALD TRUMP KEEPS IN HIS INNER
CIRCLE IS CONCERNING.
>> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WHAT IS APPEALING ABOUT HER?
IS IT BECAUSE SHE IS
COMPLEMENTING HIM OR MORE THAN
THAT?
>> SHE IS WILLING TO DEFEND
EVERYTHING HE SAYS OR DOES.
HE LIKES THAT.
HE IS THE ULTIMATE SYCOPHANTS
SHE IS ANGLING FOR SOME SORT OF
JOB IN THE ADMINISTRATION I
IMAGINE AND MAYBE BE THE PRESS
SECRETARY.
>> SHE HAS POSTED ABOUT THAT
BEFORE. >> THAT IS CONCERNING FOR ME.
>> THAT IS CONCERNING FOR ME.
I POSTED WHO WOULD BE WITH HIM
IF HE IS PRESIDENT AGAIN AND
WHO WOULD BE STAFFING THE
SECOND ADMINISTRATION.
DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION
YOU DID HAVE PEOPLE OF GOOD
CHARACTER WHO WANTED TO STAFF
HIM AND WOULD PUSH BACK BUT IN
THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION YOU
WILL GET THOSE LIKE A LAURA
LOOMER TO HELP RUN THE COUNTRY.
TO THINK THAT HE WOULD BE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE POTENTIALLY AND
SERVING IN ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ROLES AND SHE IS
CLEARLY A KNOWN LIAR PUSHING
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND HER JOB
COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRESIDENT?
THAT IS TERRIFYING.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE THREAT
OF A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS WHAT WE
ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS WHAT WE
REFER TO.
IT ISN'T CRAZY TO THINK THAT HE
WILL BE SURROUNDING HIMSELF
WITH THESE CRAZY TYPES OF
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE YES MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SAY AND DO WHATEVER
HE PLEASES.
>> I DO WANT TO STOP ON THIS
FOR A SECOND.
YOU WORKED FOR HIM IN THE PAST
AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST
HIM.
YOU SAY THIS IS A PERSON THAT I
JUST INTRODUCED TO YOU WHO
COULD END UP HAVING A PROMINENT
ROLE IN A SECOND TRUMP TERM AND
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT?
>> EXACTLY.
THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO COULD
POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT YEAR OF
THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD
AND SOMEBODY WHO TRAFFICS IN
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SAYS
RACIST VILE THINGS. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT
IT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT
A POTENTIAL STAFF COULD LOOK
LIKE FOR A SECOND TERM.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
CABINET LEVEL, THERE IS THE
SENATE CONFIRMATION PROCESS AND
A LITTLE BIT THERE THAT HE
CAN'T PUT PEOPLE IN POSTS WHO ARE AS EXTREME.
ARE AS EXTREME.
BUT FOR MOST, THEY WON'T HAVE
CONTROL OF THAT.
>> HE COULD PICK WHOEVER HE
WANTS.
>> EXACTLY.
HE COULD PICK PEOPLE LIKE HER
AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER
PEOPLE ON HIS CAMPAIGN ALSO
THAT ARE NOT WILLING TO PUSH
BACK.
YOU WON'T GET THE PEOPLE LIKE
JOHN KELLY OR MARK ESPER IN THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE
FIRST ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE
WILLING TO TELL DONALD TRUMP NO
TO TELL HIM THAT HE LOST THE
ELECTION, FOR EXAMPLE, AND PUSH
BACK ON SOME OF HIS WORST
INSTINCTS.
IN THE SECOND TERM YOU WILL GET
THESE PEOPLE ENCOURAGING IT.
>> THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE AND
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE.
YOU SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP AND EVERYBODY HAS NOT
CHOSEN TO DO THAT AND THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE LINDSEY
GRAHAM AND MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE WHO SPOKE OUT ABOUT
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT LAURA
LOOMER BUT DONALD TRUMP WAS
PUSHING CONSPIRACIES ABOUT
HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO.
THEY SEEMED TO BE OKAY WITH
THAT OR UNWILLING TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> THERE ISN'T A LOT OF
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN LAURA LOOMER
AND DONALD TRUMP. THEY BOTH PUSH RACIALIST --
THEY BOTH PUSH RACIALIST --
RACES CONSPIRACY THEORY --
SERIES.
I AM FROM OHIO.
TO THINK THESE HOSPITALS AND
SCHOOLS ARE COMING UNDER BOMB
THREATS.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS ASKED
ABOUT IT, HE DOESN'T SAY WE
SHOULD STOP THE POLITICAL
VIOLENCE AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE
IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO
BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE BUT
HE POURS GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
IT IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
IT IS WHY HE KILLED THE
BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION DEAL IN
CONGRESS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO
RUN ON THIS ISSUE AND RILE UP
HIS SUPPORTERS AND TAP INTO
PEOPLE'S FEARS.
HE IS WILLING TO SPREAD LIES
ABOUT IT AND JD VANCE SAID THIS
MORNING THAT THEY CREATED A
STORY TO TRY TO GET THE MEDIA TO CARE ABOUT THIS.
TO CARE ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE WINNING
THIS ELECTION IF YOU ARE OUT
THERE SAYING THINGS LIKE THEY
ARE EATING THE CATS AND DOGS
AND YOU ARE HANGING OUT WITH
LAURA LOOMER AND TWEETING I HATE
TAYLOR SWIFT.
AMERICANS DON'T CARE ABOUT
THIS.
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT
HEALTHCARE AND JOBS AND BEING
ABLE TO AFFORD GROCERIES AND
PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND FEED
THEIR FAMILIES.
DONALD TRUMP ISN'T TALKING
ABOUT THE THANKS.
NO QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COMING UP, TAYLOR SWIFT AND
OPRAH WINFREY HAD A LOT IN
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