Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is no longer holding back.
The Georgia Republican, once one of President Donald Trump’s loudest MAGA cheerleaders, publicly rebuked him again this weekend, accusing the president of abandoning his “America First” promise in favor of an increasingly global agenda.
“Zelensky today. Netanyahu tomorrow,” Greene wrote on X on Sunday. “Can we just do America?”
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Her frustration followed Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, where the two discussed a potential 20-point peace framework related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump is also scheduled to meet Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu in Palm Beach, marking their sixth in-person meeting of 2025.
Greene’s comments reflect a growing impatience with Trump’s international focus during his first year back in office. Once firmly aligned with his movement, the self-described populist has increasingly positioned herself as a dissenter, criticizing both the president and Republican leadership for what she says is an expectation of blind loyalty.
She has been particularly outspoken on foreign policy, previously referring to Zelensky as “a dictator who canceled elections” and accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza — remarks that placed her at odds not only with Trump, but with much of her own party.
The rift has expanded beyond geopolitics. Greene has attacked Trump over health care, the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and what she describes as a broader betrayal of MAGA principles. She has also announced plans to resign from the House of Representatives in January, signaling an abrupt end to her congressional career.
Trump initially appeared puzzled by Greene’s sudden reversal but has since responded aggressively. On Truth Social, he has repeatedly mocked and attacked her, branding her “Marjorie Traitor Brown.”
Greene says those attacks have had real-world consequences. In an interview earlier this month with 60 Minutes, she told journalist Lesley Stahl that Trump’s rhetoric directly fueled threats against her family.
“After President Trump called me a traitor, I got a pipe bomb threat on my house,” Greene said. She added that her son received death threats bearing Trump’s nickname for her. “Those are death threats directly fueled by President Trump.”
Greene also claimed some Republicans privately mocked Trump before rallying behind him only after he secured the GOP nomination in spring 2024. Her appearance on the program prompted a furious response from Trump, who accused her of being “jilted,” dismissed her ideas as “really BAD,” and declared she was no longer MAGA.
Despite the attacks, Greene has continued to escalate. She recently condemned Trump’s remarks about the late filmmaker Rob Reiner as “classless” and accused unnamed officials of protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplices by withholding information.
Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing related to Epstein, though he has faced sustained pressure from both supporters and critics to release all Justice Department files tied to the disgraced financier. Congress ultimately compelled their release this month. Trump has acknowledged a past friendship with Epstein but says it ended after a falling-out in 2004.
For Greene, the issue is bigger than any single scandal. Her break with Trump now reads less like a temporary rebellion and more like a declaration that the movement she helped amplify no longer reflects what she says it promised.
“America First,” she suggests, has gone somewhere else.
