In a bombshell episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes that aired on December 7, 2025, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) delivered a candid, fiery critique of her former political idol, President Donald Trump. Once one of Trump’s fiercest defenders in Congress, Greene used the platform—her first major interview since announcing her abrupt resignation effective January 2025—to air grievances that have fractured the MAGA movement and stunned Republican loyalists. Correspondent Lesley Stahl, known for her incisive probing, engaged Greene in a tense exchange that highlighted the deepening rifts within the GOP.
The interview, filmed in Greene’s Georgia district, opened with the congresswoman reflecting on her decision to step down. “It wasn’t a decision that I came to lightly,” Greene told Stahl, her voice steady but edged with frustration. The fallout with Trump, she explained, stemmed from months of mounting policy disagreements that escalated into personal attacks. Greene accused the president of prioritizing foreign entanglements and elite donors over the “America First” agenda he championed during his campaigns. “For an ‘America First’ president, the No. 1 focus should have been domestic policy, and it wasn’t,” she said. “Once we fix everything here, then fine, we’ll talk to the rest of the world.”
Greene’s criticisms weren’t abstract; they were pointed and personal. She lambasted Trump for siding with big industries on issues like Obamacare subsidies and shutdown negotiations, while everyday Americans suffered. More explosively, she revealed her support for bipartisan efforts to release additional Jeffrey Epstein files—a move that drew Trump’s ire and led him to label her “Marjorie Traitor Greene” on Truth Social. The barbs didn’t stop there. Greene claimed Trump’s rhetoric had “directly fueled” death threats against her family, including a pipe bomb threat at her home and harassment targeting one of her sons, aged 22 or 26. When she alerted Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Vance pledged to investigate, but Trump dismissed her concerns as “extremely unkind,” she recounted.
The exchange grew heated when Stahl pressed Greene on her own history of incendiary statements—remarks that once branded her a political lightning rod, from questioning the 2020 election to promoting conspiracy theories. “It’s the most toxic political culture and it’s not helping the American people,” Greene shot back, before turning the tables: She accused Stahl and the media of contributing to the divisiveness. The back-and-forth underscored a broader theme: a GOP gripped by fear. Greene alleged that her Republican colleagues, who once mocked Trump “behind closed doors,” now “kiss his a**” out of terror, too “terrified to step out of line.” It would “shock people” to hear their private disdain, she added, hinting at a potential schism in the party’s MAGA wing.
BREAKING
: President Trump has sharply criticized Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her recent “60 Minutes” interview, likening her to a “rotten apple” amid their escalating feud.
Greene, who announced her resignation from Congress effective January 5, 2026, used… pic.twitter.com/4EI66C0f0Q
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) December 8, 2025
As for her future, Greene distanced herself from the Trump orbit, declaring she’s no longer “MAGA” and teasing a return to politics on her own terms—perhaps a gubernatorial run in Georgia or a media venture. “I am America First,” she emphasized, reclaiming the slogan for her independent streak. Trump’s response was swift and scornful, dismissing Greene’s safety concerns with a curt, “I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
Greene’s 60 Minutes appearance marks a pivotal moment: a defection that could embolden other disillusioned conservatives or further polarize an already fractured Republican Party. As she exits Congress amid this self-proclaimed “toxic” era, one thing is clear—Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t fading quietly. Whether her candor sparks reform or more infighting remains to be seen, but it has undeniably reignited debates about loyalty, power, and what “America First” truly means in 2025.
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