Trump’s closest ally’s chilling warning to the president about ‘neocons’

Marjorie Taylor Greene sees a schism in the Republican party, and it’s not between her and President Donald Trump, she told the Daily Mail in a sit-down interview, it’s among ‘neocons’ and conservatives. 

The firebrand warned that congressional Republicans remain ‘addicted to foreign wars’ – despite the president running on a mandate to end America’s involvement in conflicts overseas and bring peace to the world.

Greene sent shockwaves through Capitol Hill last week when she wrote on X: ‘I represent the base and when I’m frustrated and upset over the direction of things, you better be clear, the base is not happy.’

The Georgia congresswoman clarified her long post was not about the president but ‘typical Republican leadership’ which, along with ‘classic neocons’ she accused of co-opting the MAGA movement away from Trump. 

Neocons are generally Republicans who advocate for U.S. intervention in global affairs, like the wars of Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq and more. 

‘I’m not naming and names in particular, but everyone pretty much knows it’s the same old, same old,’ Greene said of the forces influencing the GOP. ‘[The] Classic neocon establishment in Washington. It’s just an existence. It’s a conglomerate.’ 

An obvious example of this, she argued, is the Senate’s discontent with Ed Martin, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. 

The Trump nominee is currently opposed by Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and because of that Martin’s bid may not pass. Greene, therefore, blames Tillis, among others, for obstructing Trump’s agenda. 

‘We have problems in Congress,’ she told the Daily Mail. ‘[Trump’s] agenda is not being passed in Congress.’ 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told Daily Mail in a sit down interview that she feels certain Republicans are not working to achieve her friend President Trump’s agenda in Congress

Greene also aired concerns with ‘neocons’ who are not interested in going all out for the MAGA agenda. She ominously warned that some, who she refused to name, have been advocating to Trump that the U.S. get embroiled in a conflict with Iran

Greene named Sens. Collins and Tillis as apart of the ‘neocon’ class working against Trump

‘Look at the Senate. We’ve got, what is it? Four or five senators that are saying ‘No Ed Martin,” Greene shared. ‘Susan Collins is one of them, and she’s the Chair of Appropriations. Like these are powerful people that are refusing to pass the president’s agenda.’

Americans ‘didn’t vote for Susan Collins or Tom Tillis’ to be president, she said.

‘So why would Senate Republicans hold that up?’ Greene asked. ‘It’s the disconnect between typical Republican leadership and control and Washington, D.C., and all the muck that comes with it.’

With some of the neocons identified, the Georgian turned on some of her House colleagues, too.

Greene chairs the House’s DOGE subcommittee and said skeptical that many Republicans will have the stomach to cut the waste, fraud and abuse uncovered by the group led by Trump appointee Elon Musk. 

‘His executive orders, DOGE cuts, rescissions, those are the easiest things,’ the Republican said, noting how DOGE’s work identifying wasteful programs is pointless work unless Congress passes legislation to codify the reforms.

Greene also pointed to the mountain of executive actions, 143 at this point, which she believes should be codified into law.

Driving the point home, the lawmaker brought up her effort to enshrine the name change of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. 

Trump answers questions from press with a poster of the Gulf of America behind him

Trump shows off a new Gulf of America hat at the White House

President Donald Trump, from right, speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Burgum’s wife Kathryn Burgum, aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring February 9 Gulf of America Day

The project is so dear to the president’s heart that a poster of the name change has hung in the Oval Office and he had hats made with the new phrase. 

‘He literally keeps the map next to his desk,’ Greene told the Daily Mail. 

Though with some Republicans reportedly upset over the measure, Greene dared any GOP lawmaker to jump out of line and ‘stand with Mexico.’

Overall, the congresswoman also vehemently warned against those advocating for foreign wars and status-quo Washington procedure, a prevailing wind forcing the president’s White House wayward.

‘The Republican establishment wants to do this like a speed bump,’ Greene warned while leaning forward in her seat. ‘They know that President Trump can’t run again.’ 

‘They would love to continue just steaming ahead in their same path, and try to get over him like a speed bump and keep going,’ the Georgia congresswoman continued.

‘And my voice is important to not allow that to happen,’ she added.

The Georgian has been a MAGA ally for a decade and wrote for conservative online outlets before becoming a member of Congress three days before January 6, 2021.

Greene has been outspoken about her discontent with her own party 

Greene boasts one of the largest social media followings for any member of Congress on X, with a combined 6.3 million, 1 million on Instagram and over 500,000 on Facebook. 

When Daily Mail asked Greene why she thinks the ‘base’ is displeased, she immediately pointed to one thing, the same reason highlighted in her post from the week prior: war. 

‘Washington, DC, has an addiction to foreign wars,’ Greene told the Daily Mail. ‘President Trump is on record for decades being against foreign wars, saying that we need world peace.’

Then she congratulated the president on striking a peace deal with the Houthis in Yemen, which have been bombing ships in the Red Sea, a critical shipping route. 

‘This is exactly one of the reasons why I’ve always supported the President is because he has worked for peace and stopping foreign wars,’ the lawmaker said. 

‘However, we had been seeing people here in Washington pushing him towards one a war with Iran, which we do not want. American people don’t want that. No one’s no one’s interested in a war Iran,’ Greene stated. 

She then dove into the Ukraine war, the U.S.’s war in Afghanistan and other conflicts that the country lost so much in, which she blamed on ‘neocons.’  

‘That’s why I said, if you’re losing me and I’m angry at you and I’m frustrated … You’re losing the base.’

‘And you can read all the comments, I’m right,’ Greene claimed, adding the ‘comments back me up.’

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