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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has revealed that she is in conflict with the president and other Republicans who support her aggressive stance on Iran, acknowledging that there is “very large disparity” in the party over the issue and that her position against foreign wars is “more popular.”
“We were elected on the exact same campaign promise that President Trump was elected. We have not promised any more foreign wars or change of administration,” Green told CNN on Monday.
Earlier in the day, she wrote in a long post from X that Trump’s decision to approve our strike on Iran’s nuclear site over the weekend as “feels like a complete bait and switch” to the Magazine agenda.
The United States in Iran has further inflamed Trump’s inequality within the party between those who cheer for conflict interventions like Senator Lindsey Graham and warnings about being involved in eternal wars like Rep. Green and Thomas Massey, as well as influential and conservative voices like Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk.
When asked if Trump was at risk of alienating Maga bases, Greene acknowledged the “very large disparity” among Republican voters, noting that younger generations are more “skeptical.”
“We’ve lied to each other a number of times, but I think it’s right to be skeptical,” she said.
Green, who has consistently opposed funding Ukraine’s fight against Russian attacks in Ukraine, said she believes her position against our involvement in foreign conflicts has become “more popular” among Republicans.
“If this war continues, sadly, if you see the Americans head home on a flag-raised co-host, I think you’ll see Americans saying the same thing I’m saying in full.
She hopes that the sharp gap in GOP’s involvement in Iran will not hurt the party in next year’s midterm elections, but emphasized that “Republicans need to win the American vote.”
“I don’t think we’re getting votes in the medium term and it’s in Congress,” she said. She urged her colleagues to pass Trump’s massive domestic policy bill, the subject of tense negotiations among Republicans.
Greene has yet to be explained about the Iranian situation and the threat posed by its nuclear program, but he said he nurtured the beginning of the Iraq war that caused distrust among many Americans after revelation that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction used to justify it.
“We have people today who are suffering from terrible PTSD and lifelong injuries in these wars that we should not have been involved in,” she said.
“When most Americans are walking around, they don’t think about Iran,” she said.
Green said he “sees President Trump’s measured response” after the Iranian missile strike at a US Air Force Base in Qatar on Monday, urging peace in the region by pointing out the president’s online message.
She later promoted the “No Kings” protest against Trump earlier this month. “President Trump is not king. Maga is not a cult.
“I can support the president at the same time that I say. I don’t think we should go into a foreign war. And I can say that President Trump doesn’t want to stay in a foreign war,” she added.
Greene is against Trump, who ordered a strike in Iran, but she won’t go, saying some of her colleagues on either side of the aisle should have voted to approve the Congressional move.
“The law allows the president to lead. He is the best commander,” she said.
Greene admitted that Congress is constitutionally required to approve military action if the conflict lasts more than 60 days, but she raised doubts whether lawmakers can do that now.
“Let’s be realistic. Congress isn’t very good at doing that much,” she said.
Green replied, “He’s pretty busy,” so he asked if she had spoken to Trump about Iran after she allowed her to strike.
Lauren Fox from CNN contributed to this report.