For Laura Loomer, a Maga influencer, it took a night in a Ukrainian bomb shelter and a trip to a firebombed McDonald's. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementOn Friday, he encouraged Mr Trump to throw his weight behind the Ukraine war effort. Instinctively, Ukraine sensed an opportunity to use the assistance to encourage Mr Trump to take a tougher approach to his relations with Vladimir Putin. In March, Mr Zelensky claimed his country's military intelligence agency had "irrefutable evidence" that Moscow was sharing information with Tehran. Sixteen months after the showdown between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky, it seems Maga is leading the push to bring the pair closer together.