By Jeffrey Blehar
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants you to know that she’s sorry
— sorry for all those god-awful things she said and did back when she was,
well, Marjorie Taylor Greene. Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN this weekend, she
hit her knees and assumed the supplicant pose: “I would like to say, humbly,
I am sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our
country, and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since
Charlie Kirk was assassinated. I’m only responsible for myself, and my own
words and actions, and I’m going — I am committed, and I’ve been working on
this a lot lately — to put down the knives in politics, I really just want to
see people be kind to one another.”
Amazing talk from a lady most known for hanging out with Nick Fuentes, speculating about the
existence of Jewish space lasers, posting a picture of herself pointing a gun at the “Squad,” and catfighting with fellow
trash hound Jasmine Crockett in a House committee hearing. Who replaced my MTG with this pod
person, this Forgery Taylor Greene? Are we really losing our
incorrigible bleach-blonde bludgeon to the siren-songs of decency and good
manners, after all she’s fought for? It feels inexplicable, like watching
Madonna quit showbiz at the peak of her popularity in order to become a
Carmelite nun.
But perhaps MTG’s newfound contrition arises from other
sources: Right now she needs all the friends she can get, and the mainstream
media just so happen to be waiting conveniently for her, with arms suddenly
outstretched. Why? Because Donald Trump and Greene are now officially on the
outs with one another, and the temptation to further encourage MAGA’s creator
and one of his most notable creations to go to war
with one another is irresistible. For once, I refuse to hold the media’s
obvious delight at this development against them — not only is this story
entertaining in its own right, it’s filled with symbolic meaning as well.
For those currently sheltered in place underneath a rock,
the news: After weeks of being needled in the press by Marjorie Taylor Greene —
about Israel, about the economy, and most relentlessly about the Epstein files
— Trump finally denounced her (at Trumpian length) on Truth Social on Friday
afternoon, officially withdrawing
his endorsement and support:
All I see “Wacky” Marjorie do is
COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN! It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll
stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and
didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she
wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t
return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S.
Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal
life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand
that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in
her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and,
if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support.
She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating
Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Well then. If it is true that Greene’s public
career exists only because she married herself publicly to Trump’s political
personality and fortune, then to adapt Schwarzenegger, you can consider that a divorce. It was incredibly easy to see this
all coming, of course; the only real question is why it took this long for
Trump to finally lose his patience. Back at the end of September, when Greene
was lovingly profiled as a “surprise maverick” by the New York Times, I
noted why she was suddenly awash in Strange New Respect:
The editorial hive-mind of the Times
operates with surprising consistency, typically elevating national politicians
on the right for one of two reasons: (1) because they are malleable enough to
serve the purposes of the left; (2) because they divide the right and alienate
the center. Greene, with her promise to carry anti-Israeli politics into the
mainstream of the GOP — over Trump’s obvious objections — handily presents them
with the opportunity to do both.
Since then, Greene has broadened the scope of her
critique of the administration to cover the economy as well, providing added
utility to Democrats as a critic “inside the MAGA tent.” The play therefore
remains unchanged for the mainstream media: So long as MTG continues to be a
voluble critic of Trump’s policies, you can expect to hear an unusual amount
from her, and in her own words. (I pity you for this reason alone.)
What is most notable to me, now that the threshold has
been crossed, is that I think Greene will survive this. Assume a
challenger throws his hat into the ring for 2026; assume Trump endorses him and
then “campaigns” as he usually does, by sending a bunch of nasty tweets. I
don’t see Greene losing her primary in Georgia’s very exurban, very Republican
14th district. In fact, I suspect Trump will eventually chicken out and find an
off-ramp to defuse this conflict before it comes to a true test of strength. I
don’t think he has any appetite for the fight anymore; he senses his weakness
in a turbulent economy and an administration where his staffers are, less than
a year in, already territorially carving up his legacy.
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