Loyalty Concerns?: Trump Fires Several Senior NSC Officials

Several high-ranking White House National Security Council (NSC) officials were fired on Thursday morning, according to three people familiar with the matter, in what appears to be the first significant purge of Donald Trump's second presidency.

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The firings came a day after an Oval Office meeting between Trump and right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who privately called on the president to fire some NSC staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his Make America Great Again agenda. The New York Times was the first to report their meeting, while Axios first reported on the NSC firings on Thursday.

It's not clear exactly why the officials were let go or if their firing is permanent. But two of the sources said several were told there were issues with their vetting their background.