Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who voted with President Trump 98% of the time before their relationship fractured, told 60 Minutes she believes the president has forsaken his base and abandoned “America First” priorities.
In a wide-ranging interview airing Dec. 7, 2025, Greene — who has recently split with Trump on issues including affordability and foreign policy — said she’s disappointed that domestic policy is no longer the top priority. In a resignation video she argued Trump has sided with industries such as crypto and pharmaceuticals over everyday 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.
Greene said Trump has dismissed affordability as a Democratic “hoax,” but she sees it as a pressing issue in her Georgia district and nationwide. Concern over health insurance affordability led her to side with Democrats during a government shutdown vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies — something she said she never imagined doing.
On foreign policy, Greene said she is the only Republican member of Congress to publicly call the war in Gaza a “genocide.” She has also voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act, saying past votes to denounce 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, saying many privately mock him but publicly pivot to “kissing his ass” and wearing MAGA hats. She distinguishes her own politics by saying, “MAGA is President Trump’s phrase. That’s his, his political policies. I call myself America First.”
She also accused Trump of reacting angrily when she signed a discharge petition to release 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. “He said that it was going to hurt people,” she recalled. “These women deserve to be heard.”
Greene said Trump called 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, whose message subject line read, “Marjorie Traitor Greene.” Greene said she informed the president and Vice President J.D. Vance; Vance told her they would look into it, but she called Trump’s response “extremely unkind.”
Despite her break with Trump and her announced resignation, Greene’s standing in her district appears strong: she was greeted by supporters at a recent public hearing. She dismissed speculation that she plans to run for president, saying she has “zero desire” to campaign for that office. She added she would “hate the Senate” and is not running for governor. When asked what’s next, Greene said she doesn’t have a political itinerary or ambitions: “Surprise, surprise. I’m not your politician with a whole itinerary of plans or political ambitions.”
The interview was produced for 60 Minutes by correspondent Lesley Stahl and digital content producer Aliza Chasan, with reporting contributions from Denise Schrier Cetta, Elizabeth Germino and Jinsol Jung.
