Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia congresswoman who recently fell out publicly with President Donald Trump, is speaking more candidly about where their relationship stands.
In an interview with The New York Times, Greene, 51, pointed to Trump’s eulogy for conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a memorial service in September as a key moment that, in her view, revealed a deeper divide between them.
“Charlie Kirk truly was … a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose,” Trump, 79, said after taking the stage following remarks from Kirk’s widow, Erika, who said she forgave the person who killed her husband. “He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them.
“That’s where I disagreed with Charlie,” Trump continued. “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry, I am sorry, Erika. But now Erika can talk to me and the whole group and maybe they can convince me that’s not right, but I cannot stand my opponent.”
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Greene later texted a New York Times reporter about Trump’s comments, writing, “That was absolutely the worst statement … It just shows where his heart is. And that’s the difference, with [Erika Kirk] having a sincere Christian faith, and proves that he does not have any faith.”
Those messages were published Dec. 29 as part of a broader report tracking Greene’s shift from a prominent Trump ally to one of his more outspoken critics. In November, Greene said she would resign from Congress on Jan. 5, 2026, describing the dynamic as untenable: “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
Greene’s break with Trump — and with several MAGA Republicans — had been building for months before escalating in November, when Trump said he would withdraw his support of Greene, calling her a “ranting lunatic.”
The two had also clashed over multiple issues, including artificial intelligence provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites in June and Greene’s continued calls for transparency related to the Epstein files.
