MTG Condemns Trump’s Takedown of Socialist Dictator Maduro, Deepening Rift With MAGA Base

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia publicly broke with President Donald Trump, the current President of the United States, over the administration’s decisive operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, marking a dramatic escalation in her distancing from the president and his foreign policy agenda.

In a lengthy post on X on Saturday, Greene framed the U.S.-led raid as a violation of core MAGA principles, arguing that many Trump voters believed they were casting ballots to end what she described as endless foreign entanglements.

“Americans disgust with our own government’s never ending military aggression and support of foreign wars is justified because we are forced to pay for it and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, always keep the Washington military machine funded and going. This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end,” Greene wrote.

“Boy were we wrong,” she added.

Greene, who has announced she will resign her House seat as of Monday, went further by questioning the stated justification for the administration’s action against Maduro, particularly claims that the operation was tied to combating the deadly flow of narcotics into the United States.

“If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump admin taken action against Mexican cartels?” she asked, emphasizing that “Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.”

She continued by pointing to fentanyl as the primary driver of overdose deaths.

“Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border,” Greene wrote.

Greene also criticized President Trump’s recent pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, questioning the consistency of the administration’s approach to narcotics-related crimes.

“if prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority,” she asked, why was Hernández pardoned?

The Georgia Republican then suggested that the removal of Maduro had less to do with law enforcement and more to do with strategic resources and future conflicts.

“The next obvious observation is that by removing Maduro this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies that will ensure stability for the next obvious regime change war in Iran,” she claimed.

Greene also argued that the Maduro operation exposed what she sees as a double standard in global affairs.

“And of course why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it? (I’m not endorsing Russia or China),” she wrote.

Turning to domestic priorities, Greene said American voters—particularly younger generations—are increasingly angered by foreign spending while economic pressures at home continue to rise.

“Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged. Especially the younger generations,” she wrote.

Greene concluded by drawing a generational line in the Republican coalition, arguing that traditional neoconservative arguments are losing their influence.

“Boomers and half of Gen X will cheer on neocon wars and talking points, but the other half of Gen X and majority on down see through it and hate it,” she remarked.

“As the baby boomers slip away both in votes and power, the electoral future will be decided for candidates that focus on American economic populism and promising prosperity for Americans only. As of right now, neither party is offering the solution,” Greene wrote.