Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has hit out at President Donald Trump over immigration policy and foreign aid, in another sign of the growing chasm between the MAGA firebrand and her party.
As tensions over the Russia-Ukraine war escalate, Trump on Monday said he would impose āsubstantiallyā higher tariffs on India, accusing the U.S. ally of profiting from discounted Russian oil while ādisregarding the human cost of the Ukraine warā.
āIndia is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits,ā he wrote on Truth Social.
āThey donāt care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine. Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!ā
The move comes as the president tries in vain to broker a peace deal, or even a ceasefire, to put an end to Russiaās invasion of Ukraine, after more than three bloody years of conflict.
But in a pointed response from one of his traditional allies, Greene clapped back on social media, telling Trump: āEnd Indian H1-B visas replacing American jobs instead and stop funding and sending weapons to the Obama/Biden/Neocon Ukraine Russia war.ā
The congresswomanās post was a reference to the visa that many MAGA supporters hate, because it allows American employers to give temporary jobs to foreign workers in specialized occupations, such as the tech industry.
But her comments were also viewed as another sign of Greeneās growing frustration with her own party, and by extension Trump, over issues such as U.S. involvement in foreign wars, immigration policy, and federal spending.
That frustration has come to the fore in recent weeks, with the outspoken Congresswoman telling the Daily Mail over the weekend: āI donāt know if the Republican Party is leaving me, or if Iām kind of not relating to the Republican Party as much anymore.
āThe course that itās on, I donāt want to have anything to do with it.ā
āI just donāt care anymore,ā she added.
Greenās latest broadside also comes after she issued a warning to Trump over the files of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, telling the president that the base would turn on him if he couldnāt deliver the transparency and accountability he promised.
āDangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else,ā she wrote on X last month.
Russia is also proving to be an ongoing headache for Trump, who promised during the campaign that he would end the war with Ukraine āon day oneā of his presidency.
As frustration mounted within the White House last month, Trump issued a 50-day ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatening sanctions and tariffs if he didnāt start negotiating in good faith.
But last week, as Russia continued to strike Ukraine, the president cut the window to 10 days, a deadline due to expire on Friday.
His special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Moscow later this week in a bid to secure an elusive ceasefire deal.
