On Sunday morning, Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a scathing attack on President Donald Trump, accusing him of betraying the American public.

The Georgia congresswoman, once a staunch supporter of the MAGA movement, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash. This marked her first appearance since Trump labeled her a traitor following their disagreements, including over the release of the Epstein documents.

Amid growing divisions within the Republican Party, Greene seized the moment to criticize the president for hosting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House this week.

During the meeting in the Oval Office, Trump was seen laughing and socializing with Al-Sharaa, despite the fact that the Syrian leader has been classified as a specially-designated global terrorist for many years.

Al-Sharaa, who was born in Saudi Arabia, joined al-Qaeda in Iraq shortly before the U.S. invasion in 2003. Captured by American forces, he was held for five years until his release in 2011. A $10 million bounty has been placed on him since then.

On Sunday, Greene highlighted these facts, condemning the President’s actions as disgraceful and disrespectful to the thousands of veterans who have served in the Middle East.

She attacked Trump for welcoming him into the White House on the 250-year anniversary of the Marines.

The Georgia congresswoman joined CNN’s State of the Union for the first time since Trump brandished her a traitor over a series of public disagreements

Greene welcomes Trump to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in March 2025

In her latest attempt to call balls and strikes on Trump, Greene doubled down on the fact that she has disagreed with Trump, and that she is allowed to do that as someone who is not subservient to party leaders and big-dollar donors, but to her own constituents.

Speaking about Trump’s meeting with Al-Sharaa specifically, she noted that it was ‘very hurtful’ that he ‘honored the Syrian President, who is an al-Qaeda terrorist and was wanted by our government with a $10 million bounty up until March of this year.’

‘I think that was very hurtful to the great men and women who served over in the Middle East and were sent there, and many of them that were killed and injured and live with PTSD to this day, from fighting al Qaeda,’ Greene added.

Greene stopped short of calling herself more ‘America First’ than Trump when prompted to do so by Bash, but she did note that ‘promoting H1B visas to replace American jobs, bringing in 600,000 Chinese students to replace American students…  are not America first positions.’

The Georgia Congresswoman also added that she would ‘love to see Air Force One be parked and stay home, and there be nothing but a constant focus in the White House on a domestic agenda that helps the American people once and for all.’

In the wide-ranging interview, which lasted about 20 minutes, Greene also doubled down on her push to release the Department of Justice’s files relating to financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was a known associate of top government, media, and business leaders both in the United States and the United Kingdom.

However, she maintained that nothing in the files would be damaging to Trump, per the female victims that she has spoken to and given a platform to share their stories. 

‘I stand with these women. I stand with rape victims, I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations, and I stand with survivors of trafficking and those that are trapped in sex trafficking’, Greene told Bash, adding that she would not apologize, and would also keep playing her ‘small part’ for the files to be released because ‘rich and powerful people’ should not be protected if they have done anything wrong. 

Bash also questioned Greene’s calls for politicians to tone down their rhetoric after the Congresswoman revealed that she has seen a significant uptick in threats after Trump branded her a ‘traitor.’ 

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) and Donald Trump at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024

US President Donald Trump (left) receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington, DC, United States of America, on November 10, 2025

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a press conference and rally in support of the victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on September 3, 2025. US President Donald Trump said on November 14, 2025 that he was pulling his endorsement for key ally Marjorie Taylor Greene after a string of disagreements, calling the hard-right lawmaker a “ranting lunatic”

Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene during the 3rd round of the LIV Golf Invitational Series Bedminster on July 31, 2022 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey

When asked specifically about her past associations with ‘White Nationalist’ Nick Fuentes – whose conference she spoke at in 2022 – Greene noted that she stands by everyone’s free speech rights and thinks it is vital for journalists like Bash and Tucker Carlson to keep asking questions and move the public discourse along. 

Greene also called the assassination of conservative activist, top Trump ally, and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk a wake-up call for the real-world impact that vile online rhetoric can have. 

‘I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics it’s, it’s very bad for our country, and I’ve, it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated,’ Greene told Bash. 

‘I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions,’ she continued, adding that she has been working to ‘put down the knives in politics’ and focus on delivering solutions to problems plaguing Americans of all stripes.

‘No matter what side of the aisle we’re on, we have far more in common than we have differences, and we need to be able to respect each other with our disagreements,’ Greene added.