By Ginika Igboke
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia sharply criticized the Trump administration’s military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, arguing that the move reflects a familiar Washington approach that fails to prioritize the needs of Americans at home.
Speaking Sunday on Meet the Press, Greene said the operation was part of “the same Washington playbook that we are so sick and tired of that doesn’t serve the American people.” She contended that President Donald Trump and his team had campaigned on the promise of “Make America Great Again,” which she said voters understood as a commitment to putting domestic priorities ahead of foreign intervention.
“I want to see domestic policy be the priority that helps Americans afford life after four disastrous years of the Biden administration,” Greene said. She pointed to issues such as job creation, housing affordability, and health care costs as areas she believes should take precedence over overseas military actions.
Her remarks come as Congress debates the implications of the U.S. operation that resulted in Maduro and his wife being brought to the United States. Lawmakers’ reactions have largely split along party lines, though Greene has stood out as a Republican voice opposing the move. She has previously broken with the Trump administration on policies she argued conflicted with “America First” principles.
During the interview, Greene rejected the idea that Venezuela should be considered a strategic priority for the United States. “We don’t consider Venezuela our neighborhood,” she said. “Our neighborhood is right here in the 50 United States, not in the Southern Hemisphere.”
Trump addressed similar concerns on Saturday when asked how temporarily running Venezuela aligned with his “America First” agenda. He argued that U.S. involvement was about promoting regional stability and protecting vital energy resources. “We want to surround ourselves with good neighbors,” Trump said. “We want to surround ourselves with stability. We want to surround ourselves with energy. We have tremendous energy in that country. It’s very important that we protect it. We need that for ourselves. We need that for the world.”
Greene has continued to publicly oppose the operation. In a post on X over the weekend, she said Americans’ frustration with “never-ending military aggression and support of foreign wars” is justified, adding that taxpayers are forced to shoulder the costs. “This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end,” she wrote. “Boy were we wrong.”
The congresswoman’s comments come just days before her departure from Capitol Hill. Greene’s final day in Congress will be Monday, following her resignation announcement in November after a highly publicized falling-out with Trump, despite years of loyalty to him.
In the months leading up to her resignation, Greene increasingly clashed with Trump on several issues, including foreign policy, his handling of matters related to Jeffrey Epstein, and support for Obamacare subsidies. She has consistently argued that Trump failed to place sufficient emphasis on domestic concerns.
“For an ‘America First’ president, the No. 1 focus should have been domestic policy,” Greene said in a later television interview. “And it wasn’t.”
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