--- title: Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Back After Trump ‘Traitor’ Jab description: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of Trump’s most loyal allies, has fired back after he called her a “traitor” in their public feud. canonical: https://time.com/7334864/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-feud-epstein-traitor/ author: Chantelle Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-11-18T17:34:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-11T00:34:46.688Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Back After Trump ‘Traitor’ Jab og:description: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of Trump’s most loyal allies, has fired back after he called her a “traitor." og:url: https://time.com/7334864/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-feud-epstein-traitor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57adbcd997ea1954/6998cbc3a97fc05ea2a74e23/MTG-Trump-Feud.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Epstein Survivors News Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Back After Trump ‘Traitor’ Jab twitter:description: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of Trump’s most loyal allies, has fired back after he called her a “traitor." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57adbcd997ea1954/6998cbc3a97fc05ea2a74e23/MTG-Trump-Feud.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘I’ve Never Owed Him Anything’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Responds to Trump's ‘Traitor’ Jab > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. 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Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies, has fired back after the President [called her a “traitor”](https://time.com/7334243/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein/) in their [public feud](https://time.com/7334415/trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-relationship-breakdown-epstein-disagreements/). “I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for five, no, actually, six years, and I gave him my loyalty for free,” Greene said while speaking at [a press conference](https://time.com/7334805/epstein-files-released-trump-survivors/) on Tuesday with a group of survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California. “I won my first election without his endorsement beating eight men in a primary, and I’ve never owed him anything, but I fought for him, for the policies and for America first, and he called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition.” “Let me tell you what a traitor is. A traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America, and Americans like the women standing behind me,” she continued, in reference to the Epstein survivors. Trump publicly [withdrew his endorsement](https://time.com/7334243/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein/) for Greene on Friday, after the two disagreed over whether Congress should vote to [release all the files](https://time.com/7334230/epstein-files-vote-thomas-massie/) in the Epstein case. Greene has been one of a select number of congressional Republicans who has fervently pushed for their release, and she has vocally supported the Epstein survivors. Trump, meanwhile, has spent months trying to [brush off](https://time.com/7301051/trump-jeffrey-epstein-bondi/) concerns about the Epstein case, [sparking outrage](https://time.com/7302081/trump-epstein-files-maga-base-lose-supporters-conspiracy-theorists-transparency/) from many of his own supporters over how he has handled the situation, and long resisted a push to compel the files’ release before [suddenly reversing course](https://time.com/7334361/epstein-files-trump-republicans-house-vote-nothing-to-hide-democrats/) on Sunday. Tensions between Trump and Greene mounted over the weekend, with the President [calling](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115554138689247811) her a “traitor” and a “disgrace to our GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!” in a Truth Social post. **Read more:** [_The Breakdown of Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Alliance—and How It Goes Beyond the Epstein Files_](https://time.com/7334415/trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-relationship-breakdown-epstein-disagreements/) At the Tuesday press conference, Greene joined the Epstein survivors and her House colleagues Massie and Khanna, urging Congress to pass a bill that would require the Department of Justice to release the so-called “Epstein files.” The measure is set to come up for a vote later Tuesday in the House, where it is [expected to overwhelmingly pass](https://time.com/7334659/epstein-files-trump-house-vote-massie-mtg/) after Trump urged House Republicans to support it in a sharp reversal on Sunday night. “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files,” the President [wrote](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548) on Truth Social, “because we have nothing to hide.” Greene and Massie were among the [four House Republicans](https://time.com/7333573/epstein-files-discharge-petition-republicans-trump-massie-mace-boebert-greene/) who backed a discharge petition to force the floor vote on the legislation. If it passes the House, it could face further resistance in the Senate—where GOP leadership has not yet committed to bringing it up—and potentially, legal experts have warned, from Trump’s [Department of Justice](https://time.com/7334450/epstein-files-released-trump-massie/). Trump has said he would sign the measure if it makes it to his desk. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7334864/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-feud-epstein-traitor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7334864/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-feud-epstein-traitor/"},"headline":"‘I’ve Never Owed Him Anything’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Responds to Trump's ‘Traitor’ Jab","datePublished":"2025-11-18T17:34:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:34:46.688Z","description":"Rep. 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