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Greene furious over Ukraine minerals deal, Iran talks: ‘The base is not happy’
The Hill ^ | Emily Brooks

Posted on 05/04/2025 7:09:47 AM PDT by Miami Rebel

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) unloaded a heap of criticism Friday on recent actions and inactions by the Trump administration and fellow Republicans, bringing up the Ukraine minerals deal, talks with Iran, and more — while being sure to not criticize President Trump personally.

“I represent the base and when I’m frustrated and upset over the direction of things, you better be clear, the base is not happy,” Greene said Friday in a lengthy post on the social platform X.

“I campaigned for no more foreign wars. And now we are supposedly on the verge of going to war with Iran,” Greene said, in reference to ongoing talks with Iran over its nuclear program. A fourth round of talks that was slated to take place in Rome over the weekend has been postponed.

“I don’t think we should be bombing foreign countries on behalf of other foreign countries especially when they have their own nuclear weapons and massive military strength,” Greene said.

She then turned to the minerals deal the U.S. signed with Ukraine this week, which would give the U.S. a share of Ukraine’s natural resources if the U.S. sends more money to Ukraine as it fights off a Russian invasion. Greene argued that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “is a dictator who canceled elections” — which was due to the war — and was “involved of the first impeachment of Trump.”

“Why on earth would we go over and occupy Ukraine and spend an untold amount of future American taxpayer dollars defending and mining their minerals as well as potentially putting American lives at risk and future war?” Greene said. “Why don’t we just mine our own rare earth minerals that are tied up on federal lands that the government confiscated years ago?”

The post from the firebrand Georgia congresswoman is striking given that she has been one of Trump’s most vocal and prominent supporters.

Greene also lamented that the COVID-19 vaccine “still has FDA [Food and Drug Administration] approval” and wondered if “those vicious attorneys and judges” who worked “against the American people in the last four years” would be “held accountable for the lives they ruined.”

She also took aim at Republicans in Congress, wondering when there would be a vote on budgetary recessions to codify actions by the Department of Government Efficiency and saying there is enough “outrage and moral courage to dispose of this treason” by “rogue judges” blocking Trump actions.

“When you are losing MTG, you are losing the base. And Trump isn’t on the ballot in the future, so do the math on that,” Greene said, implicitly dismissing the idea of Trump seeking a third term in 2028, which would require a constitutional amendment.


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To: Miami Rebel

So we can better understand her view, MTG needs to give us a summary of what’s in the deal, what she finds wrong with it, and why. She may be right, but venting is not enough.


21 posted on 05/04/2025 7:36:01 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Pete Dovgan

22 posted on 05/04/2025 7:37:06 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Miami Rebel
“I represent the base and when I’m frustrated and upset over the direction of things, you better be clear, the base is not happy,”

She represents the constituents who voted for her. The rest is just a delusion of self-importance.

23 posted on 05/04/2025 7:39:22 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: Biblebelter

You explained your points about cooperation with authority very well, but what about when you rarely have access to The Boss? I don’t think MTG spends a lot of time in Washington DC. She is advocating for her voters here.


24 posted on 05/04/2025 7:40:19 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: sergeantdave

I am a Trump supporter, but not a sycophant or whatever term accurately describes a blind follower.

Your statement, “Only left wing morons will fall for this obvious attempt to divide Trump supporters.” is egregiously in error.

No man is above critique, nor are his cabinet members to whom he should be delegating.

Yet I have been smeared here at FR for said critique, i.e., ‘division.’

That is telling.


25 posted on 05/04/2025 7:41:28 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Pete Dovgan
The Ukraine mineral deal was brilliant in my opinion. Rewards the US for Ukraine survival, nothing if it fails. That means Vlad the invader doesn’t get everything he wants.

Trump gets to continue to support Ukraine. Putin realizes that USA is not going to stop arming Ukraine.

Eventually, Putin will sue for peace.

It may take another year for a deal to be made.

26 posted on 05/04/2025 7:42:57 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: joshua c

So true. She left portray her as a loon, except her wise counsel when criticizing Trump. However, it is still a left wing rag that is reporting the story from the London newspapers, which are even more left wing rags. Which means I doubt she said exactly what they said she said.


27 posted on 05/04/2025 7:47:50 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Williams

She a fringe conservative .


28 posted on 05/04/2025 7:52:05 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold. )
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To: Miami Rebel

I’m perfectly happy. Trump has exceeded my expectations. He’s turned off the spigot at the border. He’s got a Cabinet in place. He’s removing the Communists. Sounds good to me!


29 posted on 05/04/2025 7:52:33 AM PDT by Big E
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To: Miami Rebel

This biotch does not represent the GOP base. She represents an area in Georgia and is a mouthpiece the media uses from time to time for trolling purposes under the guise of trying to manipulate the GOP base.


30 posted on 05/04/2025 7:53:07 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: Nextrush

I never inferred that Margie was a Democrat.

But then you knew that.


31 posted on 05/04/2025 7:53:34 AM PDT by ABStrauss (ywwe.)
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To: RFEngineer
I used to at least appreciate MTG. But it seems like she has gone to Pelosi insider stock trading school.

IIRC the accusation was that MTG bought stocks after a Trump Truth post saying it was a good time to buy.

Do you have evidence of actual insider trading by MTG or is that it?

32 posted on 05/04/2025 7:53:49 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Miami Rebel

Iran with nuclear weapons truly is an existential threat.


33 posted on 05/04/2025 7:56:48 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Miami Rebel

“When you are losing MTG, you are losing the base.”

Referring to yourself in the third person is always batty.


34 posted on 05/04/2025 7:59:54 AM PDT by odawg
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To: All

Mineral deal in the Ukraine seems fine to me.


35 posted on 05/04/2025 8:01:58 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Miami Rebel

She’s mistaken. Mining rare-earth minerals isn’t the goal. Stopping others from chasing those minerals is one goal. The real goal is selling nat gas and oil to Europe which undermines Russia and helps Europe.

She’s free to gripe all she wants, she’ll find something else to rant about soon enough.


36 posted on 05/04/2025 8:15:57 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: Miami Rebel
If the deal involves wasting more money on the war in Ukraine, the entire base should be outraged.

Giving billions more to Ukraine, that it can't payback as long as the war is going on, completely undermines the work o DOGE. It doubles on Biden's failed strategy and results in Trump owning the war that Ukraine will lose. It will only result in more Ukrainians dying and more lost territory.

Trump must not authorize a penny more of military aid or weapons to Ukraine.

37 posted on 05/04/2025 8:17:34 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: albie
You really think the base is going to be happy if Trump doubles down on Biden's war in Ukraine and authorizes billions more in weapons for Ukraine?

You're crazy if you don't think all hell would break loose if that happened.

There is no national interest in Ukraine and it betrays MAGA to waste anymore money on the war there.

But, hopefully, Trump knows that and that siding with globalists and neocons is political suicide.

38 posted on 05/04/2025 8:21:55 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: logi_cal869

This article is typical of the clickbait fed to left wing morons on Reddit. The 50 IQ Marxists there eat this crap up. They jump up and down like brainless monkeys and point to it as proof that the Trump presidency is about to fall. The article gains cash clicks for the propagandists to buy drugs and nose rings, signalling to fellow morons that they’re of child bearing age.

Trump will take care of any perceived dissent within the MAGA hierarchy, as he always does.


39 posted on 05/04/2025 8:23:17 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: SaxxonWoods; All
She’s mistaken. Mining rare-earth minerals isn’t the goal. Stopping others from chasing those minerals is one goal. The real goal is selling nat gas and oil to Europe which undermines Russia and helps Europe.

IMHO, the mineral deal is a political fig leaf so Trump can tell his base he got something from Ukraine for American support of it. Trump is master of image and branding. There are many simpletons who want to end U.S. military support for Ukraine. The reality is that those payments were to U.S. corporations and people and don't accurately represent how much the military supplies and equipment were actually worth to Ukraine. So, there has been a lot of scapegoating of the Ukies for domestic corruption. With the mineral deal, Trump found a way to sell his base that he got something from Ukraine. It's value is speculative and won't be determined until well in the future. Of greater value is Ukrainian expertise with cheap drone technology in the war zone. That knowledge is a threat to the MIL domestically since tanks and even fighter jets are threatened by the cheaper drones. Expect a lot of denial about that from those who benefit from those contracts.
40 posted on 05/04/2025 8:29:24 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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