The fault line inside the MAGA movement has grown wider. This comes as President Trump and Elon Musk amplify jokes and commentary suggesting Secretary of State Marco Rubio could “run” foreign countries. Around the same time, former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene fired off social-media posts rejecting foreign intervention altogether.
Over the past several days, Trump and Musk have responded approvingly to viral social-media posts joking that Rubio could be president of Cuba, Venezuela, or even — anachronistically — the Shah of Iran amid widespread unrest in that country. One Truth Social exchange featured Trump replying “Sounds good to me!” to a post suggesting Rubio lead Cuba, a comment that quickly circulated across conservative media and X.
After capturing Venezuelan President Maduro, Trump said about Cuba, “Cuba, as you know, is not doing very well right now. That system has not been a very good one for Cuba. The people there have suffered for many, many years, and I think Cuba is going to be something we’ll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation right now.”
Musk, meanwhile, amplified similar posts and commentary that frame U.S. intervention overseas as casual, inevitable, or even humorous.
Greene on foreign countries: “I really don’t care”
At nearly the same time, Greene, who resigned from Congress in early January amid a well-publicized feud with Trump primarily over the Epstein files release, posted a conspicuous rebuttal to that worldview, though she doesn’t mention Trump, Musk, or Rubio by name.
“With nearly $40 trillion dollars in government forced debt, or slavery, Americans can barely make ends meet, are buried in debt of all kinds, and can’t financially get ahead,” Greene wrote on X. She continued, “I really don’t care about foreign countries.”
“Of course I care about people,” she said, “and wish them well, but I’m sick and tired of Americans being force fed propaganda as to why we have to police and save this country and that country and fight this war and that war.”
Greene says she still opposes regime change
In another post shared that same day, Greene added, “Call me old fashioned but I’m still against regime change and fighting and funding foreign wars. How did that go out of style in only one year?”
Greene’s comments highlight a philosophical rupture within MAGA, a shift away from strict non-interventionism toward renewed comfort with projecting American power abroad. As Rubio becomes the face of U.S. foreign engagement — jokingly or not — Greene’s unapologetic rejection of intervention suggests the America First coalition is no longer marching in lockstep.
Published: Jan 13, 2026 07:03 am