Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns Trump Entering US Into 'Nuclear' World War III

Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday accused President Donald Trump of betraying his campaign promises and warned that the United States is edging dangerously close to a nuclear “World War III” after American forces conducted airstrikes against Iran over the weekend.

Greene, a prominent figure in the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, has consistently opposed expanding U.S. military involvement in the Middle East. She and other Trump-aligned voices—including Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, Steve Bannon, and Tucker Carlson—backed Trump’s 2024 bid partly because he vowed not to start new wars and to end ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.

“Six months in, and here we are breaking campaign promises,” Greene said during an appearance on Bannon’s War Room podcast. “We bombed Iran on behalf of Israel. Yes, it was on behalf of Israel. And now we are entering a nuclear war—the World War, World War III—because the entire world is about to erupt.”

When contacted for comment, Greene’s office directed Newsweek to a post on her official congressional X account stating: “The press and some other nasty people would love to write lying headlines and create dirty rumors that there’s a break between me and President Trump. WRONG.”

Yet on her personal X account, Greene amplified several clips and quotes from her War Room interview criticizing the escalation.

Speaking to Bannon, she described the United States as already engaged in a “hot war” due to Israel’s strikes on Iran. She warned that American cities were on high alert and U.S. citizens abroad faced growing threats because of what she called reckless aggression instigated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Greene also lashed out at conservatives such as Fox News host Mark Levin and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. She accused them of being “never Trumpers” who are now cheerleading for military intervention. She referred to Levin as a “nitwit.”

“Steve, I’ve spent five years—millions of dollars of my own money—traveling the country campaigning for President Trump and defending him when everyone else abandoned him after January 6,” Greene said. “I represent MAGA far more than Mark Levin or any of these neocon suck-ups ever will, because MAGA is not for foreign wars, we are not for regime change, and we are for America First.”

On Sunday, not long after Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly insisted that the administration was not seeking regime change in Iran, Trump posted a contradictory statement on Truth Social.

“It’s not politically correct to use the term ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime Change???” Trump wrote. “MIGA!!!”

Greene later posted on Facebook that she believed Trump’s actions were designed to appease the very establishment figures she has long opposed.

“It feels like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contractors, and neocon TV personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS!” she wrote.

Meanwhile, Trump also took aim at Massie in a Sunday Truth Social post, writing:

“Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always votes ‘NO’ no matter how good something may be. He’s a simple-minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ at every chance they get.”

It remains unclear whether Greene will support a War Powers Resolution in Congress. Last Tuesday, Massie and Representative Ro Khanna of California introduced such a measure. Separately, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine announced Monday that his Senate War Powers Resolution would have Republican backing.

Also on Monday, a group of 12 Democratic House members—all military veterans—sent a letter to the White House urging a more measured approach in the Middle East. They, too, are preparing legislation to require congressional authorization for any further military strikes.