President Trump appeared to soften his stance toward departing Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Saturday — after initially slamming her as a “traitor.”
Hours after Greene announced her impending resignation from Congress in a shocking video posted to social media, the president appeared to lash out.
“Marjorie went BAD,” he posted to Truth Social at 6:45 a.m.
But as the day went on, Trump took a more conciliatory tone, telling reporters, “I just disagreed with her philosophy.”
He also talked up her political career in a brief interview with NBC.
“It’s not going to be easy for her” to re-enter politics, he said of Greene. “I’d love to see that.”
Trump also advised that “she’s got to take a little rest.”
At least one member of the MAGA-faithful had no love for Greene.
Longtime Trump ally Laura Loomer branded Greene as an “evil, parasitic woman.”
Greene’s congressional pension becomes vested Jan. 3, two days before her announced resignation date and five years after she took office, Loomer pointed out.
Lefty “Squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasted no time also piling on Greene over the pension issue.
“She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in,” the Bronx rep posted on Instagram.
Greene’s departure makes House Speaker Mike Johnson’s already narrow six-vote majority even tighter.
Without Greene, there will be a lively primary in a district outside of Atlanta speckled with mid-sized cities including Rome, Georgia, a state operative said.
Georgia holds its regular primary election in May. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) must decide whether to hold an earlier special election, possibly in March, to fill Greene’s seat.
Loomer piled on after President Trump initially slammed Greene in an early morning post labeling her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown.”
“President Trump is basically calling Marjorie Traitor Greene a stage 5 clinger,” Loomer posted on X.
For years, Greene had been one of Trump’s most vocal defenders. But in recent weeks, she broke with the president on the Jeffrey Epstein files, the government shutdown and rising prices.
After initially slamming Greene in an early Saturday Truth Social post, the president appeared to soften his stance.
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Asked by a reporter at the White House later in the day if he would forgive Greene, Trump replied: “Forgive for what?”
Loomer and Greene clashed last year after Loomer, a conspiracy theorist who traveled with Trump during the campaign, attacked then-VP Kamala Harris.
She said if Harris won “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center.” Greene, who has called Loomer a “liar,” called the comment “extremely racist.” Greene’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment Saturday.
State politicos have speculated Greene could run for the governorship, the Senate — where Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is seeking reelection — or even the White House, or continue her recent run of headline-making TV appearances.
“When the common American people finally realize and understand that the political industrial complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country,” she said in her resignation video, “and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, the people, possess the real power over Washington, then I’ll be here by their side to rebuild it.”
