Former Georgia Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene, long associated with incendiary rhetoric and conspiracy-minded politics, is now delivering some of the sharpest criticism of Donald Trump from inside his own orbit.
Over the weekend, Greene posted a clip from a recent Ron Paul Institute conference in Texas, pairing it with a blunt message aimed at the man she once championed.
“I don’t have Trump Derangement Syndrome,” she wrote, echoing the phrase Trump allies often use to brush off critics.
“I have Trump Disappointment Syndrome.”
The line spread quickly, in part because it’s coming from someone who previously acted as one of Trump’s most reliable amplifiers.
The flashpoint, Greene says, is Jeffrey Epstein and the push to release government files connected to the convicted sex offender.
She had been among a small bloc of House Republicans backing a discharge petition—a procedural tactic that can force a vote even when party leadership resists—meant to compel the release of the Epstein documents.
For years, many Republicans argued the material would implicate prominent Democrats, and the party’s base was primed for disclosures. Greene claims the momentum stalled when Trump’s DOJ quietly “hit the brakes,” setting off a confrontation.
The Guardian reported that, according to Greene, Trump told her he opposed releasing the Epstein files because his “friends will get hurt”, and that he wouldn’t bring Epstein’s survivors to the Oval office because they “hadn’t earned it”.
MAGA should never be told that a convicted pedophile and his circle of elite friends raping girls when they are 14 or 16 years old is a Democrat hoax.
And I still can’t believe I had to fight President Trump to release the Epstein files, and to this day no one has been arrested… pic.twitter.com/ZixhucQya1
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) May 3, 2026
At the Ron Paul conference, Greene said the dispute turned personal and explosive. She described being yelled at over speakerphone and said Trump demanded she remove her name from the discharge petition, while dismissing the entire matter as a “hoax,” according to NBC News.
“That’s when MAGA died”, she added. “That’s when the entire thing shattered for me.”
NPR reports Greene’s break with Trump hasn’t been limited to the Epstein issue. She has also criticized him over Gaza, expiring health subsidies, and what she characterizes as broader failures in the administration’s foreign policy.
Trump, in turn, has brushed Greene off as a “lunatic,” and has made pointed remarks about her fiancé, Real America’s Voice correspondent Brian Glenn.
Greene officially resigned from Congress on 5 January 2026, and since leaving office she has embarked on a wide-ranging mainstream media tour.
She has appeared on CNN, 60 Minutes, Bill Maher, and made multiple stops on The View—an outlet she previously would have treated as a political prop.
What comes next remains unclear. She has ruled out a presidential run, according to the BBC.