President Donald Trump speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on the firings of NSC staffers said, "always we’re letting go of people,” as he made his way to Miami on Thursday afternoon.
“People that we don’t like or people that we don’t think can do the job or people that may have loyalties to somebody else.”
The firings came a day after Trump was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
“Laura Loomer is a very good patriot and a very strong person,” said Trump, who described the far-right activist as usually “constructive.” Trump acknowledged that Loomer “recommended certain people for jobs” during their Wednesday conversation at the White House.
“Sometimes I listen to those recommendations, like I do with everybody,” Trump said.
Asked if Loomer had anything to do with aides being ousted from their jobs at the National Security Council, Trump replied, “no.”
(AP)
