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President Donald Trump thinks Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation is “great news.”
On Friday, Nov. 21, Greene announced she will resign from her post as representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district in 2026.
Shortly after, the president addressed Greene’s resignation while on a phone call with ABC, saying “I think it’s great news for the country. It’s great.”
When asked by journalist Rachel Scott if Trump had “any heads up” about Greene’s decision to resign, Trump replied, “Nah, it doesn’t matter, you know but I think it’s great. I think she should be happy.”
In Greene’s statement, the congresswoman said that her resignation will be effective as of January 5, 2026. She also criticized the political gridlock and partisanship that she says have impeded her ability to achieve her legislative goals.
Greene went on to criticize her fellow Republicans for their participation in the longest government shutdown in American history, and touted her conservative voting record on issues like gun rights and abortion, border security, and “COVID tyrannical insanity.”
The congresswoman added that she did not want to be asked to defend Trump, who announced exactly one week ago that he would withdraw his endorsement of Greene.
“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” Greene said.
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Her resignation announcement comes amid months of public tension between Greene and Trump, fueled by the congresswoman’s increasingly critical rhetoric. On Nov. 10, Greene criticized his current focus on foreign policy amid the president’s White House meeting with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the president of Syria’s interim government.
“She’s lost her way, I think. But I have to view the presidency as a worldwide situation, not locally,” Trump told reporters that same day.
Trump also referred to Greene as a “traitor,” on Nov. 16, when he was asked whether he was aware Greene was receiving “death threats.” “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene. I don’t think her life is in danger, I don’t think” Trump told a group of reporters. “Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
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In June, Greene broke with her party to oppose artificial intelligence (AI) provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” and admitted she never read the legislation.
She also opposed Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites that same month. “I’m sick of funding foreign aid and foreign countries and foreign everything,” Greene wrote in a statement to her X account on June 22. “I want to fund American interests and issues.”
More recently, Greene pushed repeatedly for the release of the Epstein files, despite the president’s prior opposition to the documents being made public. Trump said on Nov. 19 that he’d signed legislation ordering the files’ release. No timeline for that release has been announced as of yet.
