“I wish I had never supported him”: MTG fires back after Trump’s attack on “MAGA losers”
Greene defended Carlson as a serious 2028 contender and accused Trump of betraying the movement that elected him
PublishedAugust 22, 2026 11:25AM (EDT)
Majorie Taylor Green, Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump in 2022 before the pair split from the President over what constitutes MAGA policies. (Rich Graessle /
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Georgia congresswoman, issued a blistering response Saturday morning after Donald Trump attacked her, Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie as “LOSERS ALL” in a late-night Truth Social post. But Greene went considerably further than returning Trump’s insults, arguing that the president has abandoned the “America First” movement that once united them.
“We never changed, Trump did,” Greene wrote.
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Greene accused Trump of becoming a “neocon puppet for Israel, corporations, big donors with special interests,” while pointing to their disagreements over foreign wars and the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
She also defended Carlson as “a serious Presidential contender,” arguing that young men who once supported Trump increasingly see the president as “an old fraud.”
The feud has been building for months, as Greene, Massie and Carlson have increasingly argued that Trump has abandoned the movement he once led.
While Greene and Massie publicly split with Trump months ago, Carlson’s break with Trump has been building for months, driven largely by the president’s decision to enter the war with Iran. In June, Carlson announced he would no longer support the Republican Party after decades of defending it.
“I’m out,” Carlson said. “And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.”
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
Earlier this month, Carlson hosted a small group that included Greene, Massie and Joe Kent, Trump’s former counterterrorism chief who resigned over the Iran war. Kent later said the group was attempting to build a new anti-war political movement and had encouraged Carlson to run for president in 2028.
Carlson has also laid out a 10-point political manifesto built around what he considers a return to “America First,” including ending foreign wars and reducing foreign influence over American policy.
The three represent an unusual rebellion against Trump because they haven’t abandoned MAGA politics. Instead, they argue that Trump abandoned the movement they supported, particularly his promises to keep the United States out of foreign wars.
Trump dismissed Carlson as irrelevant, although his Friday night attack suggested he isn’t entirely dismissing the political risk.
“Tucker’s ‘Views’ have fallen through the floor,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, calling Carlson “totally irrelevant” and a “very Low I.Q. individual.”
But Trump also predicted that Carlson, if he ran for president, “could probably take a couple of points away from whatever the Republican ticket happens to be.”
The president also attacked Greene as a “Liberal ‘Fool’” and dismissed Massie as a “failed politician” and a “real JERK.”
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Trump’s attack prompted an even broader repudiation from Greene Saturday. She criticized his “name calling, absurd and reckless rhetoric” as “unbecoming of the office of the president” and compared him to “an internet troll.”
Greene, who was once one of Trump’s most fervent congressional allies, said she now believes the president has become a “Trojan horse” for policies he once campaigned against.
“In the past, I supported him because of the policies he professed to support and passionately campaigned on,” Greene wrote.
“I’m sorry I didn’t see it earlier and wish I had never supported him.”
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