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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent break with Trump on several key actions shows the rifts within the MAGA base.<\/span>Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call\/ZUMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Georgia<\/span> Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s <\/span>fealty to President Donald Trump has, for the most part, seemed nearly unshakable.<\/p>\n She has compared him to Jesus Christ<\/a>. She has repeatedly\u2014and falsely\u2014claimed<\/a> that the 2020 election was stolen from him. And she reportedly wanted to be Trump\u2019s VP<\/a>, claiming to<\/a> the Guardian<\/em> that her name was \u201con a list\u201d of potential contenders before JD Vance was ultimately crowned the winner<\/a>.<\/p>\n But lately, Greene appears to be breaking with Trump on several key fronts: His decision to launch strikes on Iran, his renewed support for Ukraine, and now the Department of Justice\u2019s and FBI\u2019s conclusion regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files. <\/strong>Together, against the backdrop of mounting anger within MAGA\u2019s ranks, Greene\u2019s increasingly outspoken words underscore just how much the president has alienated some of his most loyal supporters through a slate of consequential decisions made over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n On Monday, Greene told<\/a> the Times<\/em> that she opposed Trump\u2019s new plan<\/a> to sell US military equipment to European countries that can be transferred to Ukraine, arguing that the so-called \u201cAmerica First\u201d policy of getting the US out of conflicts abroad is \u201cwhat we campaigned on.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what I promised also to my district,\u201d she added. \u201cThis is what everybody voted for. And I believe we have to maintain the course.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI said it on every rally stage: \u2018No more money to Ukraine. We want peace,’\u201d Greene continued. <\/strong>And while Trump said<\/a> that European allies will ultimately pay for sending the weapons to Ukraine, Greene isn\u2019t buying it: \u201cI remain firmly opposed to any U.S. involvement, including backdoor deals through NATO, which American taxpayers overwhelmingly fund,\u201d she said<\/a> in a post on X Monday. (In fact, the United States contributes<\/a> only one-sixth of NATO\u2019s overall budget.)<\/p>\n Greene is not the only MAGA isolationist to speak out against the move. A former Trump campaign official, who was granted anonymity, <\/strong>told<\/a> Politico, \u201cWe still hate it. This is not our war, and escalation isn\u2019t in America\u2019s interest.\u201d Steve Bannon has also railed against the president\u2019s Ukraine flip on his podcast<\/a>. <\/p>\n The Epstein files, though, are a different story: MAGA-world appears to be far more united and vocal in its uproar, with Greene among the most prominent of Trump\u2019s base to publicly air their fury. As my colleague Anna Merlan writes<\/a> in a new piece out today:<\/p>\n The MAGA base, especially its more QAnon-y quadrants, feel deeply betrayed and increasingly suspicious by what they see as an unforgivable level of inaction and obfuscation on Epstein from the Trump administration. \u201cPlease understand the EPSTEIN AFFAIR is not going away,\u201d General Michael Flynn tweeted recently at Trump. (While Flynn has denied being a QAnon believer, he was an\u00a0early promoter of elements of the conspiracy theory<\/a>\u00a0before disavowing it; he continues to make claims about a secretive group of evildoers engaged in child trafficking and sexual abuse.)\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement,\u201d\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. At the Turning Point USA conference in Florida over the weekend, much of\u00a0the crowd booed<\/a>\u00a0when asked if they were satisfied with Trump\u2019s handling of the Epstein case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n