On Monday, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly denounced Donald Trump for ordering a military invasion of Venezuela. She said the move shows a “globalist” attitude that voters clearly rejected.
Greene told Kaitlan Collins on CNN that she was worried about how the government was going after the operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
We can say thankfully that Maduro has been arrested, we can say we’re happy for the Venezuelan people, but we can also look to all the regime changes before in Iraq and Libya and Syria, and we said the same things for the people of those countries, but then we watched those countries fall into turmoil and civil war and we’ve watched the rise of ISIS and terrorism, and we watched U.S. troops remain in those countries for a very long time and many flag-draped coffins come home. That’s what many Americans don’t want to see happen, and tonight it is disturbing to see the latest news coming out of Venezuela where there is chaos and possibly some sort of civil war.
“It is concerning to see what’s happening and the direction that the Trump administration is moving in,” Greene said, signaling a clear break with the president she has frequently defended in the past. Her remarks came in response to Trump’s statement that he and his administration would now oversee Venezuela following Maduro’s capture. Greene pushed back forcefully, saying the focus of the White House should remain at home.
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“I would like to see our elected president and vice president and their administration running America. I think that’s most important for the American people and our interest, and we have real problems here at home,” she said. Greene framed her criticism squarely within the “America First” ideology that has defined much of Trump’s political brand. She argued that US involvement in Venezuela contradicts that principle.
“From an America First standpoint, Kaitlan, Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelan people, and they should elect their own government leaders,” she said. “We have elected our government leaders, the Trump administration, and we have elected them to run America. Not to be globalist, not to run other countries, not to pursue regime change and foreign wars.”
Her remarks were one of the harshest criticisms yet from a well-known Republican congressman who supports Trump’s constituency. Greene said that foreign military actions take attention away from the problems that regular Americans face at home.
“We very much need our government and our government leaders to focus on the American people and the issues that we care about on Main Street, USA,” she concluded. The interview marked Greene’s final appearance as a sitting member of Congress.
She confirmed her resignation a short time later, explaining she was doing so because Trump had attacked her in public many times. Her leaving shows how tensions are rising among Republicans as arguments get more heated over foreign policy, executive power, and the party’s future under Trump’s leadership.
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