President Donald Trump has publicly called for the withdrawal of one of his most powerful supporters in the MAGA-world, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a “weird” Marjorie and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.”
The firing of Greene — once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” who wore the signature red hat to President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address and served as a mediator between Trump and other Republicans on Capitol Hill — appeared to be the latest break in a feud that has been simmering for months, as Greene appears to have toned down her political profile. The three-term U.S. House member has increasingly broken with and attacked Republican leaders during the term that just ended. Federal government shutdown They say they need a plan to help people Loss of subsidies to cover the costs of health insurance policies.
Trump accused the Georgia Republican of going “far left,” writing that all he’s seen from Greene in recent months is “complain, complain, complain!” Adding, regarding Greene’s alleged annoyance at her phone calls not being returned, “I can’t take Lunatic’s loud call every day.”
In a response to Show X, Greene wrote on Friday that Trump “attacked me and lied about me.” She added a screenshot of a text message she said she sent the president earlier in the day about it Jeffrey Epstein files releasedWhich she said “is what sent him over the edge.”
Green described it as “really surprising how hard he fought to prevent the Epstein files from being released, where he had already reached this level,” referring to what happened next week. US House of Representatives vote Regarding the release of the Epstein files.
She wrote that she supported Trump “with much of my valuable time, and much of my own money, and fought even harder for him even when all the other Republicans turned their backs and condemned him.” Greene added, “I do not worship or serve Donald Trump.”
Trump’s post appeared to tie the bow to the cracks that widened after this month’s attack Out-of-session electionsas voters in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections flocked to Democrats largely because of concerns about the cost of living.
last week, Green told NBC News “Watching foreign leaders come into the White House through a revolving door doesn’t help Americans,” he said, noting that Trump needs to focus on rising prices at home rather than his recent focus on foreign affairs. Trump responded by saying Greene did so “She lost her way.”
When asked about Greene’s comments earlier Friday while traveling from Washington to Florida, Trump asserted that he felt “something happened to her over the last month or two,” saying that if he had not gone to China to meet with leader Xi Jinping, there would have been negative repercussions on jobs in Georgia and elsewhere because China would have maintained its restrictions on magnet exports.
Saying people were calling him, wanting to challenge Greene, Trump added, “I’ve lost a great conservative reputation.”
Greene’s dissatisfaction goes back to at least May, when she made the announcement He will not run for Senate against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, while attacking GOP donors and consultants who feared she could not win. In June, she publicly sided with Tucker Carlson after Trump called the commentator a “freak” in the divide that developed between MAGA and national security hardliners over potential US efforts at regime change in Iran.
This only worsened in July, when Greene said so He will not run for governor. She then attacked the “good ol’ boy” political system, claiming that it endangered Republican control of the state. Greene has embarked on a charm campaign in recent weeks, with interviews and media appearances targeting people who are not die-hard Trump supporters. When asked on comedian Tim Dillon’s show if she wanted to run for president in 2028, Greene said in October: “I hate politics so much” and just wanted to “fix the problems” — but she didn’t offer a specific answer.
This culminated in an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Real Time” on HBO, then days later on November 4 on ABC’s “The View.” Some observers began calling Greene a rationalist because she trashed Republicans House Speaker Mike Johnson From Louisiana for not calling Republicans back to Washington and coming up with a health care plan.
“I feel like I’m sitting next to a completely different Marjorie Taylor Greene,” said Sunny Hostin, co-host of “The View.”
“Maybe you should become a Democrat, Marjorie,” co-host Joy Behar said.
“I’m not a Democrat,” Greene replied. “I think both sides have failed.”
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Jeff Amy contributed reporting from Atlanta. Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP