Kaitlan Collins clashes with Laura Loomer after hinting she urged Trump to fire national security aides

WASHINGTON, DC: CNN's Kaitlan Collins sparked a feud with far-right activist Laura Loomer after the latter attended a White House meeting with President Donald Trump.

It started when CNN reported on Thursday, April 3, that the POTUS canned three National Security Council employees after convening with Loomer at the White House on Wednesday, April 3, The List reported.

CNN host Kaitlan Collins sparks feud with Laura Loomer

Kaitlan Collins revealed in the CNN report that some of President Donald Trump's White House staff were laboring to block her access to him.

She said in a clip that went viral on X (formerly Twitter), "The president told reporters that Laura Loomer did not instruct him, or tell him to fire anyone. That is not what our reporting shows."

Collins continued, "She actually made the case for getting rid of multiple people. For people who don't know who Laura Loomer is, she is this far-right activist, she spreads a lot of conspiracies."

She then took jibes at Loomer and said, "She once referenced 9/11 was an inside job and then Trump took her to the 9/11 memorial. But she always lays a lot of influence with the president himself."

Collins continued, "She was a huge ally of his. A very viscous online defender of his during the campaign. She is still trying to seek that access as he is more well off, he is in the White House."

The CNN host added, "No one has yet said who it was that granted her access, but certainly some staffers have tried to wall her off from the president."

Loomer responded to Collins by sharing the clip on X and wrote in the caption, "@kaitlancollins continues her character assassination of me. Says she doesn’t know who gave me clearance to get to the White House. President Trump did, Kaitlan."

She added, "You are incredibly disrespectful to me. You lie about me and my intelligence. It was President Trump who invited me to the White House to meet with him. Stop making it seem like I snuck into the White House. I was personally invited by President Trump."

Moreover, in another CNN interview, Collins was asked about the three National Security staff getting fired, to which she replied, "It is important to note that Laura Loomer is driving this. She is a far-right activist. She is someone who said that if the Vice President Harris won the White House, it would smell like curry."

"She is the one who is driving this and it speaks to the level of influence she has," the reporter added.

Donald Trump fires national security aides after Laura Loomer allegedly raises loyalty concerns 

President Donald Trump dismissed three National Security Council officials following his meeting with Laura Loomer in the Oval Office, according to several reports.

As per Mediaite, insiders provided the details about  Loomer's meeting with Trump at the White House.

According to the outlet, The New York Times reported that "Ms Loomer walked into the White House with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character and loyalty of numerous NSC officials, two of the people said."

It further revealed that Loomer publicly criticized these officials in front of National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, who was also present at the meeting.

Moreover, the report noted that Trump might act on some of Loomer's recommendations.

Furthermore, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, and Ken Bensinger of The New York Times added that Loomer spent the afternoon in the Oval Office, presenting claims about staff members she believed should be fired.

Meanwhile, the meeting also had Alex Wong, the deputy national security adviser.

They further mentioned, "Mr Wong’s boss, Mr Waltz, has been under fire from detractors both inside and outside the administration for more than a week after the revelation that he created a group on Signal, a nonsecure commercial messaging app, to discuss sensitive details of a military strike in Yemen and inadvertently added a journalist to the chat."