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Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is stepping down from her role in Congress following a significant rift with President Donald Trump.

In a video lasting nearly 11 minutes shared on social media Friday evening, Greene revealed her decision to resign, citing her unwillingness to tolerate “a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for,” as she places value on her “self-respect and dignity.”

“I will not be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better,” she further stated.

Greene indicated that her final day in office is scheduled for January 5, 2026.

This announcement arrived just a week after Trump withdrew his endorsement of the outspoken Georgia congresswoman, committing instead to back a contender in the Republican primary.

In her resignation statement, Greene was unsparing in her criticism of the president and fellow Republicans, saying: “I fought harder than almost any other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to power, travelling the country for years, spending millions of my own money, missing precious time with my family that I can never get back.”

“Meanwhile most of the establishment Republicans, who secretly hate him and who stabbed him in the back and never defended him against anything, have all been welcomed in after the election,” she added.

The controversial rightwing congresswoman was first elected to Congress in 2020 to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district in the north-west part of the state. She has long been one of Trump’s loudest supporters.

But the two had a very public split this month when Greene became one of the most vocal rank-and-file Republicans to call for the Trump administration to release government files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.

Greene had also been more critical of the president and fellow Republicans in recent months. She publicly took issue with the president’s increasingly interventionist foreign policy, and clashed with Republicans on Capitol Hill over their refusal to extend healthcare tax credits that are due to expire at the end of the year.

Greene on Friday said she went back on her campaign promises, adding: “Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest.”

Trump last Friday withdrew his endorsement for Greene in a lengthy social media post, saying she was “wacky” and had “gone far left”. He later called her a “traitor”.

On Saturday, he said Greene had decided to quit because she would not have survived a primary challenge from a candidate with a “strong Trump endorsement”.

“For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country! President DJT.”

Greene, whose name has been floated as a possible future presidential candidate, did not say what she planned to do after leaving Congress.

But she said that if she could be cast aside by Maga and “replaced by neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, military industrial war complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can’t even relate to real Americans”, then so could ordinary voters.

“There is no plan to save the world or insane 4D chess game being played,” she added.

For five years, Greene, 51, has been among the most divisive figures in Congress. She has promoted conspiracy theories and often clashed with fellow congressional Republicans.

In 2021, she was stripped of her committee assignments following reports that she had endorsed QAnon conspiracy theories, questioned whether September 11 was an “inside job” and called multiple school shootings that resulted in the deaths of dozens of children “false flags” set up by proponents of gun control.

But last week Greene made headlines when she apologised for her past comments.

“I would like to say, humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our country,” Greene said in an appearance on CNN. “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’ve been working on this a lot lately, to put down the knives in politics,” Greene added. “I really want to just see people be kind to one another.”