U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - President Donald J. Trump said Monday that Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia had "lost her way" after she criticized his emphasis on international affairs over rising domestic costs.

In remarks at the White House ahead of a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa and the swearing-in of a U.S. ambassador, Trump told reporters, "I don’t know what happened to Marjorie, nice woman. She’s lost her way, I think."

Greene has publicly challenged the administration’s foreign-policy focus, arguing that "watching the foreign leaders come to the White House through a revolving door is not helping Americans." She charged that the president’s agenda "is doing nothing about health insurance premiums. It’s doing nothing to solve the problems that are really plaguing vulnerable segments of our population, especially young people."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump defended his global focus as necessary, saying he must "view the presidency as a worldwide situation, not locally," because "we could have a world that’s on fire, where wars come to our shores very easily, if you had a bad president."

He also accused Greene of "catering to the other side," a reference to Democratic viewpoints, saying her remarks showed she "doesn’t know" the consequences of unfocused criticism.

Greene responded that she remains committed to her "America First" agenda and said she has "100% America first and only!" in a statement following the Senate's end to the government shutdown stalemate:

"I support President Trump and I support an America First agenda. My angst is with my colleagues and their failure to deliver for the American people. Republicans have the supermajority and it's time to put our policy into action."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, has offered her own explanation for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent break from President Donald J. Trump. In an interview first reported by People magazine, Ocasio-Cortez claimed Greene’s behavior stems from frustration over being blocked from pursuing higher office in Georgia.