She was one of the staunchest supporters of Donald Trump, amplifying the America First agenda of his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, but Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has had a public falling-out with the United States president.<\/p>\n
Greene, one of the most vocal voices from Trump\u2019s MAGA base, has increasingly been expressing her disagreements, accusing the Trump administration of prioritising foreign policy over pressing domestic issues, such as a cost-of-living crisis. She has particularly been critical of US military support for Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, which she has called a genocide.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n But the breakdown of their relationship came after Greene backed Democratic efforts to release files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was a friend of Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n On Friday, Trump announced he was revoking his endorsement of Greene as he used his Truth Social platform to call<\/a> the 51-year-old lawmaker \u201cwacky\u201d and a \u201cranting lunatic\u201d. A day later, he continued his broadside, calling her a \u201ctraitor\u201d and a \u201cdisgrace\u201d to the Republican Party.<\/p>\n In response, Greene said Trump is coming after her \u201chard\u201d, seeking to \u201cscare all the other Republicans before next week\u2019s vote to release the Epstein files\u201d.<\/p>\n On Saturday, the Republican lawmaker accused Trump of putting her life in danger, saying his online criticism has triggered a wave of threats against her.<\/p>\n So who is Greene, and why has her relationship with Trump broken down? How will it impact the MAGA base?<\/p>\n Greene\u2019s interest in politics, according to<\/a> the US broadcaster NBC News, began in 2016, when she began writing on topics supporting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n She was elected to represent Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District in 2020.<\/p>\n As a member of the US House of Representatives since January 2021, Greene has been a staunch Trump supporter and also stood by the president during the January 2021 Capitol Hill insurrection, which saw Trump supporters force their way into the US Capitol building to try to stop the certification of the presidential election victory of Trump rival and Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n Greene said \u201cJanuary 6 was just a riot\u201d and defended it as a movement to \u201coverthrow tyrants\u201d. But after a backlash, she said she had been joking.<\/p>\n Greene has been a vocal supporter of the conservative agenda in the US, calling herself anti-abortion, pro-gun and anti-immigration. She has backed the US building walls along its borders to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the country.<\/p>\n Born Marjorie Taylor in Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1974, Greene graduated from the University of Georgia in 1996 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration.<\/p>\n She then began working in her family\u2019s company Taylor Commercial, a construction and renovation company, and in 2002, she and her husband at the time, Perry Greene, took over the business. In 2012, Marjorie entered the fitness sector and opened a CrossFit gym that she expanded and eventually sold.<\/p>\n In recent weeks, Greene has been critical of the US president\u2019s policies, especially linked to the Epstein files, the cost of living crisis, healthcare and foreign policy.<\/p>\n Epstein files<\/strong>: On Wednesday, US lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein\u2019s estate, putting Trump\u2019s relationship with the sex offender under scrutiny.<\/p>\n Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 after being arrested on charges of sex trafficking of minors. Trump, who had a 15-year friendship with Epstein, denies all wrongdoing and has repeatedly stated that he was never involved in \u2013 or even knew about \u2013 Epstein\u2019s sexual crimes.<\/p>\n But the US Department of Justice has repeatedly refused to release the court files, raising eyebrows \u2013 not least among Trump\u2019s own Republican Party and MAGA base.<\/p>\n Greene has been critical of Trump\u2019s handling of the Epstein files and has repeatedly said all the files should be released.<\/p>\n \u201cThe American people deserve full transparency into who was involved in these horrific acts,\u201d she said on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n The US House of Representatives will vote on releasing all remaining sealed court files pertaining to Epstein this week.<\/p>\n Cost of living:<\/strong> In recent weeks, Greene has railed against Trump\u2019s budget and spending policies and also accused Republicans of not paying enough attention to the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n Since Trump returned to the White House in January, he has insisted that he would bring prices down in the US by bringing in more revenue to the government by imposing tariffs. He has also repeatedly said\u00a0inflation is not currently a serious concern for the US economy.<\/p>\n According to<\/a> the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of September, grocery prices have risen every month since Trump took office. According to<\/a> the US Energy Information Administration, the price of electricity bills has also risen.<\/p>\n In an interview<\/a> with former Trump Press Secretary Sean Spencer on Friday, Greene said: \u201cPresident Trump and his administration [do] deserve a lot of credit for lowering inflation and holding it steady, but that doesn\u2019t bring prices down. And so gaslighting the people and trying to tell them that prices have come down is not helping.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s actually infuriating people because people know what they\u2019re paying at the grocery store. They know what they\u2019re paying for their kid\u2019s clothes and school supplies. They know what they\u2019re paying for their electricity bills,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Healthcare costs<\/strong>: Greene has also accused Republicans of failing to grapple with rising healthcare costs, expressing her concerns about the issue as the government shutdown, the longest in US history, ended without a guarantee on tax credits for health insurance.<\/p>\n Democrats have proposed a bill for a three-year extension of the healthcare subsidies, which are due to expire at the end of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the tax credits expire this year, my own adult children\u2019s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district,\u201d she wrote in an X post on October 7.<\/p>\n \u201cNot a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Trump has proposed to send healthcare subsidies directly into people\u2019s bank accounts.<\/p>\n During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly prioritised the interests of American citizens by promising more jobs and bringing down the cost of living.<\/p>\n But according to Greene, the president has not devoted time on domestic issues. She has been critical of US military support to Israel and became one of the first Republicans to call Israel\u2019s war on Gaza a genocide.<\/p>\n She publicly took on Trump for military intervention in Iran in support of Israel.<\/p>\n Greene has also been opposed to the Trump administration sending more weapons to Ukraine as Europe\u2019s deadliest war since World War II rages on. In July after Trump approved more military support to Kyiv, Greene, said on X: \u201cMAGA voted for no more US involvement in foreign wars.\u201d<\/p>\n In August, she also expressed dissent against the Trump administration\u2019s $20bn economic support to Argentina, accusing the government of ignoring its America First agenda.<\/p>\n In an interview with NBC News this month, she said: \u201cWe didn\u2019t elect the president to go out there and travel the world and end the foreign wars.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe elected the president to stop sending tax dollars and weapons for the foreign wars \u2013 to completely not engage any more,\u201d she said, addeding: \u201cOne of the big campaign issues is Americans were fed up with foreign wars.\u201d<\/p>\n Announcing that he is withdrawing his endorsement of Greene in a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said all he sees \u201c\u2018Wacky\u2019 Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe has told many people that she is upset that I don\u2019t return her phone calls anymore,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t take a ranting Lunatic\u2019s call every day.\u201d<\/p>\n He also said she should not run for governor or senator of Georgia and accused Greene of going \u201cfar left\u201d in her views.<\/p>\n In an interview with Fox News last week, Trump also defended his MAGA strategy and said MAGA was his idea. \u201cI know what MAGA wants better than anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n On social media after the release of the Epstein files on Wednesday, he said it was a \u201choax\u201d by Democrats and said \u201ca very bad or stupid Republican would fall into that trap.\u201d<\/p>\n Responding to Trump\u2019s attack late on Friday, Greene said on X that she\u2019s astonished about how hard Trump\u2019s fighting \u201cto stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cBut really most Americans wish he would fight this hard to help the forgotten men and women of America who are fed up with foreign wars and foreign causes, are going broke trying to feed their families, and are losing hope of ever achieving the American dream,\u201d she said, adding that\u2019s what she voted for.<\/p>\n \u201cI have supported President Trump with too much of my precious time, too much of my own money, and fought harder for him even when almost all other Republicans turned their back and denounced him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I don\u2019t worship or serve Donald Trump. I worship God, Jesus is my savior, and I serve my district GA14 and the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n President Trump just attacked me and lied about me. I haven\u2019t called him at all, but I did send these text messages today. Apparently this is what sent him over the edge. <\/p>\n The Epstein files.<\/p>\n And of course he\u2019s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/EcUzaohZZs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Many MAGA supporters have expressed their support to Greene after Trump\u2019s attack against her.<\/p>\n \u201cI respect President Trump but I stand with my Congresswoman @mtgreenee,\u201d said<\/a> Emory Roy, who works for Turning Point Action, the organisation founded by Trump supporter Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in September.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we are seeing progress under President Trump\u2019s Administration, I know the people of NWGA [Northwest Georgia] will stop at nothing until we get back to the founding principles that made this country so great,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Some MAGA users also began expressing their discontent with Trump after the feud.<\/p>\n \u201cI voted for Trump three times and I regret it. I will not be voting for him in the midterms. I hope he loses,\u201d one X user said<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Another X user shared a similar view and said<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019s lost his way from maga.\u201d<\/p>\n Greene has been a controversial figure, known for a combative style of dealing with politicians as well as journalists.<\/p>\n She told a journalist to \u201cf*** off\u201d during an interview last year. After then-British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged the US to back Ukraine, Greene said: \u201cDavid Cameron needs to worry about his own country and, frankly, he can kiss my a**.\u201d<\/p>\n Greene has faced criticism for her support for QAnon before being elected to Congress in 2020, even though she insists she has distanced herself from the ideology.<\/p>\n One of her theories included the claim that 9\/11 was an inside job and there is no evidence that a plane had crashed.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people claimed a missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct. The problem is our government lies to us so much to protect the Deep State, it\u2019s hard sometimes to know what is real and what is not,\u201d she said<\/a> on X in 2020.<\/p>\n But a month after becoming a member of the House, she said<\/a>: \u201c9\/11 absolutely happened. I remember that day, crying all day long, watching it on the news. And it\u2019s a tragedy for anyone to say it didn\u2019t happen. So that I definitely want to tell you all, I do not believe it\u2019s fake.\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly before being elected to the House, she said: \u201cMuslims do not belong in government.\u201d<\/p>\nRecommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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