Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump's Iran Threat as Former Representative
Former U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene described President Trump's social media threat against Iran's civilization as absolute madness. She highlighted the statement's instability and contrasted it with Vice President Vance's negotiation approach that led to a ceasefire.
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewU.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's civilization, calling it absolute madness during an interview on Thursday. Greene, a Republican from Georgia who left Congress in January after a feud with Trump, responded to questions about Trump's Tuesday post on Truth Social.
She argued that the statement reflected serious instability in Trump's thinking. Trump wrote on Truth Social that if Iran did not send a peace deal proposal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a whole civilization would die that night and never be brought back. He added that he did not want that outcome but that it probably would occur, though regime change might lead to something positive.
the Threat Greene stated that Trump's rhetoric was not tough negotiation but insanity, specifically calling for the murder of an entire civilization including men, women, children, and innocent civilians.
She presumed the threat implied nuclear weapons, as that would be required to wipe out a civilization. D. Vance led negotiations resulting in the ceasefire without resorting to such threats on social media.
Greene said she pushed back against the statement and believed the American people were outraged. > "Because it's absolute madness.
“— Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thursday (The Hill)”
The U.S. and Iran reached a shaky ceasefire agreement on Tuesday, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz, hours before the deadline tied to Trump's threat. Iran closed the strait again less than 24 hours later following Israel's continued military assault on Lebanon.
Iran's speaker of Parliament stated that the ceasefire applied to Lebanon as well. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif echoed that condition. The U.S. and Israel denied that a pause in hostilities toward Lebanon was part of the deal.
described the ceasefire as not seeming like much of a ceasefire. She noted that Trump, whom she supported for over a decade, had shifted from a peace president to a war president, a change she does not support. On Wednesday, Greene told Alex Jones on InfoWars that Trump is not the same man supported for 10 years and urged Americans to wake up to the truth.
Her comments followed the ceasefire agreement amid ongoing regional tensions.
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