MTG: I Was 'Naive' Believing Trump a Man of the People

Monday, December 29, 2025

Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia

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"Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you're wrong." Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Dec 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM

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"Marjorie Taylor Greene, now just days away from stepping down as a congresswoman for Georgia, has said in her latest mea culpa interview that she "was just so naive" for believing that Donald Trump was a man of the people.

Greene said the Epstein files represented "everything wrong with Washington" and said it was a story of "rich, powerful elites doing horrible things and getting away with it. And the women are the victims".

After meeting with victims, she claimed, Trump called her and yelled "my friends will get hurt" if the files were released.

In the interview, Greene said that she had been wrong to accuse Democrats of treason. She acknowledged that she is now a political outcast from both sides of the political divide."

This vid goes over the original NYT article @6 mins in:

www.youtube.com

She says that she asked Trump to invite Epstein victims to the WH, but he told her that, "they had done nothing to deserve the honor."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-29 02:18 PM | Reply

... Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The New York Times in an interview released this week that she "never liked" the "sexualization" of women she said goes on at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

"I never liked the MAGA Mar-a-Lago sexualization," Greene said. "I believe how women in leadership present themselves sends a message to younger women."

"I have two daughters, and I've always been uncomfortable with how those women puff up their lips and enlarge their breasts," she added. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 02:26 PM | Reply

Nah, she was just fine with going along with it so long as it was convenient and profitable for her.

Same as Elise Stefanik.

Shameless opportunists, nothing more, nothing less.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-29 02:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

She's a MAGA gorgon.

www.nbcnews.com

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-29 02:31 PM | Reply

I think MTG is growing as a person.

I Think her resigning from Congress is a mistake on her part.

She would be an asset if she turns on Trump Completely and is still Reelected.

Stranger things have happened.

The example of that alone would hasten Trump's political Demise....Bigly.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-29 02:33 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Nah, she was just fine with going along with it so long as it was convenient and profitable for her. ...

That's pretty much my view as well.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 02:47 PM | Reply

Are you gonna post a forgotten ------- song now?

With Lyrics?

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-29 02:55 PM | Reply

She believed that wildfires were started by space lasers and that the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings were staged by the government. She's a very stupid person who is easily misled. She has no business being in Congress.

#8 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-29 04:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#8 ... She believed that wildfires were started by space lasers and that the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings were staged by the government. ...

When I first read about her wildfires and space-laser thing, I thought it was an Onion article ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 04:19 PM | Reply

"I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too."
Mitch Hedberg

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-29 04:27 PM | Reply

Ann Coulter thought he was smart, until she met him.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-29 04:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Americans elect dumbasses because so many Americans Are dumbasses.

It's called representation by your peers.

Nobody ever said Democracy was perfect or even that it is always reasonable.

She's representative of her district.

Warts and All.

Get over yourselves, if you think you can do better,run for office.

In Georgia.

#12 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-29 04:52 PM | Reply

Some Trumpers appear to be on the verge of figuring out that Trump45 and Trump47 aren't just Spinoff TV series from The Apprentice... and that the lead actor might really be having an impact on their lives and their country.

Not in a good way; he's a reflection of their prejudices, racism, bigotry, misogyny, and a number of other irrational fears.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-29 04:53 PM | Reply

I know several Trump "true believers".

Most are not stupid in a general sense.

They worship successful cruelty and Violence.

It's a character flaw, Not Stupidity in many cases.

Some of the Trumpies I know are "Good People" if you're White and they like you. I would trust them with almost anything.

Kinda like the Tribe,if you're Kosher, then you're Equal, and its a "Vibrant Democracy".

If you're Not...

The Claws come out.

Up to and including Genocide and War.

Human Nature is Perverse and unaccountable.

#14 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-29 05:02 PM | Reply

Like effetepustule, the horse-faced mutant from Georgia is an apologist for Vlad the war criminal.

www.newsweek.com

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-29 05:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

This is her entry in the Miss Squeaky Fromme 2025 contest.

Another cult member who tried to take down a president.

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en.wikipedia.org

#16 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-12-29 06:41 PM | Reply

"In 1975, Fromme was portrayed by Laraine Newman on the third episode of Saturday Night Live, in a sketch titled 'Dangerous but Inept,' in which she is interviewed on a talk show with that title by its host, Jane Curtin."

--wikipedia

#17 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-12-29 06:43 PM | Reply

@#13 ... Some Trumpers appear to be on the verge of figuring out that Trump45 and Trump47 aren't just Spinoff TV series from The Apprentice... and that the lead actor might really be having an impact on their lives and their country. ...

In my view...

Pres Trump (and his puppet masters, a.k.a. the Project 2025 folk, et al) had the four years of the Biden administration to take a step back, analyze what went wrong in Trump 1.0 and arrive at a better plan for Trump 2.0.

First step, eliminate the guard rails, and only appoint officials more loyal to Pres Trump than loyal to the Constitution.

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 06:46 PM | Reply

" Miss Squeaky Fromme"

Interesting: we still remember her name, even though the assassination attempt was over forty years ago.

Meanwhile, 14 months ago, someone shot at Trump, and I doubt anyone reading this can name the guy without looking it up.

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-29 06:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

@#15 ... the horse-faced mutant from Georgia is an apologist for Vlad the war criminal. ...

How else does one become a Russian State Media darling?

#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 07:31 PM | Reply

#19- not really surprising, considering she has a much more peculiar name, was already somewhat of a celebrity, and had numerous pop culture references to her afterwards (SNL, books, movies, musicals).

Plus, the person she attacked was Gerald Ford, and you're not.

#21 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-12-29 08:02 PM | Reply

@#19 ... " Miss Squeaky Fromme"

Interesting: we still remember her name, even though the assassination attempt was over forty years ago. ...

Squeaky Fromme
en.wikipedia.org

... Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (... born October 22, 1948) is an American former member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson.

Though not involved in the Tate"LaBianca murders for which the Manson family is best known, she attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in 1975.

For that crime, she was sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled from prison on August 14, 2009, after serving approximately 34 years.

She published a book about her life in 2018. ...

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-29 08:24 PM | Reply

" 19- not really surprising, considering she has a much more peculiar name"

OK. Without looking it up, who tried to assassinate Trump?

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-29 08:44 PM | Reply

While Malicious Toad Gangrene (MTG) was right about the need to pass legislation to fund Obamacare (ACA) and sinister AIPAC influence in Congress which green lights ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank, she nevertheless is one of the reasons why our country is mired in the ditch.

A multimillionaire with a robust congressional pension and a fortune worth $25m who helped, aided, and abetted the MAGA cause for years now demands sympathy from her many victims after supposedly "learning a lesson."

Uh-huh.

Here is your sympathy, young lady.

Source: MTG Worth $25m

#24 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-29 11:20 PM | Reply

"Nah, she was just fine with going along with it so long as it was convenient and profitable for her.
Same as Elise Stefanik.
Shameless opportunists, nothing more, nothing less.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-29 02:28 PM | Reply |"

Yep. Never liked her or Boebert. Boebert is a bit less detestable only because she has a hot bod and has credible rumors that she was once a call girl.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-29 11:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Meanwhile, 14 months ago, someone shot at Trump, and I doubt anyone reading this can name the guy without looking it up.

#19 | Posted by Danforth

Probably because he shot at the audience, not Trump.

And people know that deep down, even if it's not explicitly acknowledged.

#26 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-30 12:35 AM | Reply