Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump’s “Extremely Unkind” Response Broke Their Alliance (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Outgoing Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene described the turning point that ended her support for Donald Trump, laying out a tense and personal account of their split during an interview that aired Sunday on 60 Minutes. Greene, who plans to leave Congress in January 2026, has shifted from being one of Trump’s most outspoken allies to becoming one of his sharpest critics within the Republican Party.
In her conversation with Leslie Stahl, Greene said the rupture began when she spoke out for victims of sexual assault connected to one of the party’s most sensitive political flashpoints.
“I stood for women who were raped when they were 14-years old and the president called me a traitor for that,” Greene said. “Things changed after that.”
Her remarks referenced a broader controversy around the stalled release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump had campaigned in 2024 on the promise that he would make the documents public once in office. The delay became a point of tension inside his own base, and Greene’s public frustration with the administration stood out at the time. What began as policy criticism eventually escalated into open conflict.
According to Greene, her growing pushback stirred anger from Trump, who briefly took to branding her “Marjorie Traitor Greene.” She told Stahl that the label didn’t just sting politically. She said it prompted a wave of threats that targeted both her and her son.
Greene recounted taking those threats to senior officials in the administration. She said Vice President JD Vance told her he would “look into it,” but the president’s response was different.
Greene described Trump’s message as more personal and far harsher.
“I did get a personal response from President Trump that I will keep private, but it wasn’t ver nice,” she said.
Stahl pressed her to elaborate.
“Give us a hint of what the president said,” she asked.
“It was extremely unkind,” Greene replied.
The congresswoman’s criticism of Trump has intensified in recent months as she prepares to leave office. Her departure has created a rare public space for a sitting Republican to speak against the former president without the usual electoral pressures. Even so, Greene’s comments on 60 Minutes mark one of her most direct efforts to explain how and why her relationship with Trump deteriorated.
Greene’s break with the president comes at a moment when the Republican Party continues to navigate internal divisions. Trump retains overwhelming influence over the party’s voters, but his second-term agenda and his handling of politically sensitive matters have drawn dissent from some who once backed him strongly. Greene’s account suggests those disagreements were not only political but also deeply personal.
The episode adds another layer to the ongoing conversation about loyalty within the GOP. Greene had long been seen as a Trump loyalist, one of the most vocal defenders of his policies and rhetoric. Her shift highlights the limits of that loyalty when personal and moral lines are crossed.
Greene, the moment she says Trump called her a traitor appears to have been the point of no return. The comments about her advocacy for teenage rape victims struck her as a betrayal rather than a rebuke. Her claims about the threats that followed, and about Trump’s “extremely unkind” message, deepen the portrait of a fractured alliance.
Though Greene kept the specifics of Trump’s response to herself, the interview makes clear that the break was not sudden. It built over months of disagreements, culminating in a personal exchange that Greene describes as both painful and clarifying.
As she moves toward retirement from Congress, Greene seems intent on defining her own narrative. Sunday’s interview signals she is not finished telling the story of how one of Trump’s most committed allies became one of his most vocal critics.
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