President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday, ending one of his most visible political alliances after weeks of growing tension over her criticism of his policy agenda.
Trump announced the decision late Friday on Truth Social, marking a rare break with a lawmaker who has been one of his fiercest defenders in Congress.
The rupture highlights widening divisions inside the Republican Party as it heads toward next year’s midterm elections. Greene, a prominent conservative voice representing Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, has increasingly taken positions at odds with the White House and some GOP leaders.
In his post, Trump said Greene had become focused on “complain, complain, complain,” adding that their dispute intensified after he privately shared a poll suggesting she had little chance of winning a future Senate or gubernatorial race without his backing—an endorsement he said he had no plans to offer.
Trump also suggested that voters in Greene’s district “might want to look at a primary challenger,” saying he would support what he described as “the right candidate” if one emerged.
Greene responded shortly after on X, claiming Trump “just attacked me and lied about me.”
She implied the president was reacting to her recent push to force the release of any federal records related to the late Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender.
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Greene said Trump’s criticism “is astonishing really—how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level,” arguing that he was attempting to intimidate Republicans ahead of a procedural vote next week.
On Wednesday, Greene was one of only four House Republicans who joined Democrats in supporting a petition to compel a vote on releasing the full Department of Justice files related to Epstein. Trump has dismissed renewed scrutiny of the case as a partisan “hoax.”
The friction between Trump and Greene has grown in recent weeks. She criticized the administration’s rollout of new trade tariffs as “bumpy,” urged a greater focus on domestic priorities, and disputed Trump’s claims that inflation was easing.
Greene has also called for a concrete Republican plan to address rising healthcare costs and earlier this year became the first GOP lawmaker to describe the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as “genocide.”
She has rejected speculation that she is positioning herself for a future presidential run in 2028, saying she is focused solely on serving her northwestern Georgia district.