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A day after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation, President Donald Trump said he would “love to see” her return to politics.
On Friday, Nov. 21, Greene, 51, announced that she will step down from her seat representing Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in 2026. The next day, Trump, 79, responded to the news in a brief phone interview with NBC News.
He told the outlet on Saturday, Nov. 22, that “it’s not going to be easy” for Greene to revive her political career. But he added: “I would love to see it.”
Trump also said that in the meantime, “she’s got to take some time off.”
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The president’s comments to NBC News were not his first comments on Greene’s resignation.
“I think this is great news for the country. It’s great,” he told ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott by phone shortly after she announced her decision on Friday. Asked if he had “anything in store” for his resignation, Trump said nothing, but reiterated that this was “great” news.
“No, it doesn’t matter, but I think it’s great,” he told Scott. “I think she should be happy.”
On Saturday, President Trump also responded to the news of Rep. Greene’s decision to resign in a post on Truth Social, saying he would still “always be grateful” to her after heaping several insults at her.
“Marjorie “Traitor” Brown has decided to “resign” because her poll numbers are plummeting and she doesn’t want to face a primary challenger who is strongly pro-Trump (where she has no chance of winning!). “Her relationship with Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst Republican congressman in decades, also known as Rand Paul Jr. because he votes against Republicans (and really good bills!), hasn’t helped her,” Trump wrote in the post.
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“For some reason, primarily because I refused to respond to her constant barrage, Marjorie became ill,” he continued. “Nonetheless, I will always be grateful to Marjorie and thank her for her contributions to our country! President DJT.”
Greene made the surprise announcement Friday in a lengthy video statement on X.
In the video, he said his resignation would take effect on January 5, 2026, in which he criticized Republican lawmakers who participated in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and touted conservative voting records on issues such as gun rights and abortion.
She also said she didn’t want to be asked to defend Mr. Trump, who announced just a week ago that he was withdrawing his support for Ms. Greene, claiming he had “tried to destroy me.” “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’. I hope everything goes away and gets better,” she said in the video.
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Ms. Greene’s resignation comes amid months of public tension between the congresswoman and Mr. Trump, with her increasingly critical rhetoric.
Greene criticized President Trump’s current focus on foreign policy on November 10, during a White House meeting between the president and Syrian interim government president Ahmad al-Sharaa. The same day, Trump told reporters that Greene “I think we’ve lost our way. But I have to look at the presidency as a global situation, not a local one.”
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On November 16, President Trump was asked whether he was aware that Greene was receiving “death threats,” and called her a “traitor,” an insult he later repeated in a November 22 Truth Social post in response to her resignation.
“Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene. I don’t think her life is in danger, I don’t think so,” President Trump told reporters at the time. “Frankly, I don’t think anyone cares about her.”
