Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had voted with President Trump about 98% of the time before their relationship broke down, told 60 Minutes she believes Trump has forsaken his core supporters and abandoned “America First” priorities.
In an interview that aired Dec. 7, 2025, Greene — who has recently fractured with Trump over issues such as affordability and foreign policy — said she is disappointed that domestic concerns are no longer the administration’s top focus. In a resignation video she accused Trump of siding with industries including cryptocurrency and pharmaceuticals instead of ordinary Americans.
“Those are the areas that are still getting everything they want, while the people, we’re still out here saying, ‘We want to see action on areas for the American people, not for the major industries and the big donors,'” Greene said.
She said Trump has dismissed affordability as a Democratic “hoax,” but Greene called it a pressing problem in her Georgia district and across the country. Her concern about health-insurance costs prompted her to join Democrats in a vote during a government-shutdown fight to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies — a move she said she never imagined making.
On foreign policy, Greene said she is the only House Republican to publicly call the war in Gaza a “genocide.” She has also voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act, saying earlier congressional condemnations of antisemitism felt compelled and performative. “It becomes an exercise that they force on Congress, and I simply got tired of it,” she said. “We don’t have to get on our knees and say it over and over again.”
Greene criticized congressional Republicans for being afraid to break with Trump, arguing many privately mock him but publicly fall in line, don MAGA apparel and seek his favor. She drew a distinction between her own branding and Trump’s, saying, “MAGA is President Trump’s phrase. That’s his, his political policies. I call myself America First.”
She also alleged that Trump reacted angrily when she signed a discharge petition to force release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Greene said she urged him to meet with victims, telling him they had been raped as children and deserved to be heard; she recalled his response that it “was going to hurt people.”
Greene said Trump then labeled her a “lunatic” and a “traitor,” and that threats escalated afterward. She described a pipe-bomb threat to her home and direct death threats to her son, including a message whose subject line read, “Marjorie Traitor Greene.” She said she informed both the president and Vice President J.D. Vance; Vance told her they would look into the threats, but she called Trump’s reaction “extremely unkind.”
Despite her public split from Trump and her announcement that she will resign, Greene’s support in her district appeared intact: supporters greeted her at a recent public hearing. She dismissed speculation about higher-office bids, saying she has “zero desire” to run for president, that she would “hate the Senate,” and that she is not running for governor. Asked about future plans, Greene said she has no political itinerary or long-term ambitions: “Surprise, surprise. I’m not your politician with a whole itinerary of plans or political ambitions.”
The 60 Minutes segment was produced by correspondent Lesley Stahl and digital content producer Aliza Chasan, with reporting contributions from Denise Schrier Cetta, Elizabeth Germino and Jinsol Jung.