“This is not why we backed him,” MTG implies — calling Trump’s Iran direction the “End of MAGA”
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a onetime loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said the president is abandoning his “no more foreign wars” message and moving the United States toward conflict with Iran, as the administration ramps up military pressure while pursuing talks aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear program.
“This is the Trump I supported,” Greene wrote Thursday on X, saying Trump had once “declared NO MORE FOREIGN WARS” but has now “joined the neocons and will soon go to war against Iran,” calling it the “End of MAGA.”
Greene’s post landed amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions following a round of indirect nuclear talks in Geneva that ended without a deal, even as officials signaled there were areas of progress and more discussions were possible. The talks unfolded against the backdrop of U.S. warnings that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear weapons capability and increasing administration rhetoric that military force remains an option if diplomacy fails.
Reuters has reported the U.S. military has been preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, a prospect that has raised stakes for the diplomacy underway. In his State of the Union address this week, Trump briefly laid out his case for potential military action while saying he preferred peace if Iran would agree to a deal.
The administration has also sharpened its posture toward Tehran in other ways. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday the United States designated Iran a “state sponsor of wrongful detention,” accusing Tehran of unjustly holding Americans and pressing for their release.
The rising tensions have reverberated in markets. Reuters reported oil prices moved higher as traders weighed the risk that conflict could disrupt supply, with Barclays warning Brent could reach $80 a barrel if the standoff escalates and affects exports.
Greene’s criticism reflects a split among some right-wing and anti-intervention voices who backed Trump in part because of his campaign promises to avoid major new wars. Her post used a clip of Trump criticizing the Iraq war during the 2016 Republican primary, drawing a direct comparison between Iraq-era arguments over weapons of mass destruction and today’s Iran debate.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Greene’s post, though Newsweek reported the administration pushed back publicly as her criticism circulated widely online.
