Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to criticize what she says is a shift in President Trump’s foreign policy, though Greene resigned her House seat in January.
In an X post, shared footage of Trump debating then-presidential frontrunner Jeb Bush ahead of the 2016 election. Greene wrote,
This is the Trump I supported, the man who called out the truth about the WMD in Iraq and declared NO MORE FOREIGN WARS. Now for some unknown reason, Trump has joined the neocons and will soon go to war against Iran with the same BS excuses.
Greene signed off her post, “End of MAGA,” as if signaling the movement Trump started was officially dead because of his administration’s threat of military strikes against Iran.
One comment noted, “It’s honestly sad that you haven’t realized yet that the ‘Trump you supported’ was a campaign persona. He told people what they wanted to hear to get where he is. Now ask yourself why.”
What is happening with Iran and the U.S.?
When Greene shared her post, U.S. envoys had been meeting Iranian negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland, in a series of high‑stakes indirect nuclear talks aimed at averting a broader conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program.
These discussions — now in their third round — come amid rising tensions after U.S. and Israeli strikes last year damaged Iranian enrichment facilities and as Tehran continues enriching uranium close to weapons‑grade levels.
The goal in Geneva is to negotiate constraints to Iran’s program while avoiding war. Negotiators remain far apart on core issues like uranium limits and whether to fold Iran’s ballistic missile program and regional activities into any deal.
Tehran insists it will not abandon its right to enrichment, a key red line in talks. U.S. negotiators have pushed for indefinite constraints and robust verification to prevent future weapons development.
Domestically, Trump’s aggressive posture has triggered pushback not just from Greene but from congressional Democrats and some Republicans who argue the president is overstepping his constitutional authority.
Greene, Trump, and foreign policy
The Iran situation has also deepened rifts within the conservative movement. Greene — once an outspoken Trump ally — has publicly criticized what she sees as a shift in Trump’s foreign policy.
Greene argues that Trump has abandoned his past rhetoric against foreign wars and is now yielding to “neocon” influences that risk another long, costly conflict. In posts on social media before her resignation, Greene lamented that the Trump she supported was opposed to foreign entanglements amid frustration at his administration’s posture toward Iran, especially the potential for military strikes that contradict Trump’s 2016 rhetoric.
In one lengthy post from June, 2025, she wrote in part, “Only 6 months in and we are back into foreign wars, regime change, and world war 3. It feels like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contracts, and neocon tv personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS!”
Published: Feb 26, 2026 02:21 pm