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Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Trump's Venezuela Strike As Betrayal of America First Voters

MarketDash Editorial Team
3 days ago
Georgia congresswoman argues Trump's military action against Maduro contradicts campaign promises and ignores the real threat from Mexican cartels driving America's fentanyl crisis.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't holding back. The Georgia Republican spent Sunday blasting President Donald Trump's military strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, calling it a straight-up betrayal of the America First agenda that got him elected in the first place.

America First or Washington Playbook?

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Greene made her case pretty clearly: If Trump actually cared about stopping drug trafficking, he'd be going after Mexican cartels, not Venezuela. The Georgia congresswoman and longtime immigration hard-liner pointed out that most fentanyl deaths in America trace back to Mexican cartels, not Venezuelan operations.

"This is the same Washington playbook that we are so sick and tired of that doesn't serve the American people, that actually serves the big corporations, the banks, and the oil executives," Greene told the program. "My understanding of America first is strictly for the American people."

Her Sunday television appearance followed a series of posts on X where she hammered home the same point: cartel-driven fentanyl is killing Americans, so why isn't the administration using its military power against those groups instead?

Party Split Widens Over Maduro Seizure

Greene's criticism highlights a widening fracture inside the Republican Party over Trump's decision to seize Maduro and declare that the United States will "run" Venezuela while tapping its massive oil reserves. Trump has framed the move as part of his America First mandate to secure energy independence and "surround ourselves with stability," according to a Reuters report from Saturday.

Most prominent Republicans and many of Trump's core supporters have backed the Venezuela operation as a necessary demonstration of strength. Democrats and civil liberties groups, meanwhile, warn the action revives uncomfortable memories of past US interventions in Latin America and could trap the country in a prolonged occupation.

Greene's pushback is particularly notable given her timing. She announced back in November that she would resign from Congress after a bitter falling-out with Trump over the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents and expiring health-care subsidies. Her last day in office is Monday, Jan. 5, which makes this one of her final acts as a member of Congress.

The congresswoman argues that the administration's justification of targeting "narco-terrorists" rings hollow when the actual narco-terrorists killing Americans operate from Mexico, not Caracas. Whether that argument gains traction with other Republicans remains to be seen, but it's clear the Venezuela strike isn't getting universal applause from Trump's usual allies.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Trump's Venezuela Strike As Betrayal of America First Voters

MarketDash Editorial Team
3 days ago
Georgia congresswoman argues Trump's military action against Maduro contradicts campaign promises and ignores the real threat from Mexican cartels driving America's fentanyl crisis.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't holding back. The Georgia Republican spent Sunday blasting President Donald Trump's military strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, calling it a straight-up betrayal of the America First agenda that got him elected in the first place.

America First or Washington Playbook?

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Greene made her case pretty clearly: If Trump actually cared about stopping drug trafficking, he'd be going after Mexican cartels, not Venezuela. The Georgia congresswoman and longtime immigration hard-liner pointed out that most fentanyl deaths in America trace back to Mexican cartels, not Venezuelan operations.

"This is the same Washington playbook that we are so sick and tired of that doesn't serve the American people, that actually serves the big corporations, the banks, and the oil executives," Greene told the program. "My understanding of America first is strictly for the American people."

Her Sunday television appearance followed a series of posts on X where she hammered home the same point: cartel-driven fentanyl is killing Americans, so why isn't the administration using its military power against those groups instead?

Party Split Widens Over Maduro Seizure

Greene's criticism highlights a widening fracture inside the Republican Party over Trump's decision to seize Maduro and declare that the United States will "run" Venezuela while tapping its massive oil reserves. Trump has framed the move as part of his America First mandate to secure energy independence and "surround ourselves with stability," according to a Reuters report from Saturday.

Most prominent Republicans and many of Trump's core supporters have backed the Venezuela operation as a necessary demonstration of strength. Democrats and civil liberties groups, meanwhile, warn the action revives uncomfortable memories of past US interventions in Latin America and could trap the country in a prolonged occupation.

Greene's pushback is particularly notable given her timing. She announced back in November that she would resign from Congress after a bitter falling-out with Trump over the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents and expiring health-care subsidies. Her last day in office is Monday, Jan. 5, which makes this one of her final acts as a member of Congress.

The congresswoman argues that the administration's justification of targeting "narco-terrorists" rings hollow when the actual narco-terrorists killing Americans operate from Mexico, not Caracas. Whether that argument gains traction with other Republicans remains to be seen, but it's clear the Venezuela strike isn't getting universal applause from Trump's usual allies.