Donald Trump announced Friday that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally and previously fierce defender of the president and the Maga movement.

Trump’s move away from Greene came just hours after she said in an interview she thought the president’s attempts to stop the release of the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is “insanely the wrong direction to go”.

“I am withdrawing my support and endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the great state of Georgia,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday evening. “All I see ‘Wacky’ Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!”

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    She’s an opportunist. She wants to be president someday and she can read the writing on the wall. If tRump allowed her to run for senator in Georgia with his full support, she may not be acting like she is now.

    Not 100% sure on that, but it would’ve been a much harder choice for her.

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      She’s an opportunist. She wants to be president someday and she can read the writing on the wall.

      100% this. She’s still a grifter who has a nose for that kind of stuff. Accidentally on the right side of history, this time.

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        She has principles. Barely-Crypto fash principles tho. She’s gotten a lot better at politicking since the days of jewish space laser and dogwhistles without even plausible deniability.