She once encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to seize the entire country. Advertisement Advertisement"I was bamboozled by Russian propaganda," she told Zelensky, "and I came to believe a lot of untrue things about Ukraine." In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Laura Loomer, left, hugs Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 23. Amid her travels to Ukraine, Loomer took aim at Carlson. Asked about the sanctions legislation, Zelensky told Loomer that Trump "exactly understood who really doesn't want to stop the war."