Former U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who embodied MAGA loyalty and Trump fealty until her awakening during Trump’s second term, and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat, have agreed on very little politically. But both politicians are blasting the President this week for his alleged abandonment of so-called “America First” ideals.
After watching Trump’s televised update on the war in Iran on Wednesday, a 19-minute speech filled with false claims (e.g., “no inflation”) and contradictory assertions, Greene wrote as if the final thread had been pulled from the America First magic carpet she used to pilot, her red MAGA captain’s hat identifying her as a true believer.
“I wanted so much for President Trump to put America First,” Greene wrote on X. “That’s what I believed he would do. All I heard from his speech tonight was WAR WAR WAR.”
I wanted so much for President Trump to put America First.
That’s what I believed he would do.
All I heard from his speech tonight was WAR WAR WAR.
Nothing to lower the cost of living for Americans.
Nothing to reduce our near $40 trillion in debt.
Nothing to save Social Security,…— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@FmrRepMTG) April 2, 2026
While the “America First” platform means different things to different constituents, a persistent pillar has been an embrace of the “no foreign wars” isolationism that galvanized the movement — especially in the aftermath of the controversial American experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, and, more recently, the U.S. support for Ukraine, an expensive endeavor that detractors like Greene believed wasn’t in America’s best interests.
The younger generations, millennials and Gen Z, want life affordability, good jobs, and an America focused government, not one that engages in more foreign wars.
It’s a cruel irony that the American troops soon to be sent into Iran will be Gen Z and millennials (again), by the…
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
Trump — and notably the Trump that Greene so adamantly supported — had campaigned on the notion that America would look inward and aim its resources at solving its own problems, forgoing its oft-criticized role as the “world’s policeman.”
Raskin launched similar criticism of Trump’s America First promises, though the Maryland congressman speaks not as one, like Greene, betrayed by misplaced faith, but as one who saw the insincerity of Trump’s populist appeal at the outset.
“The whole ‘America First’ thing is such a fraud because, in fact, Trump and the MAGA elite spend all of their time with rich people from other countries—either rich dictators, the people like Putin and [Viktor] Orbán, the people who run the authoritarian states they emulate, or businessmen—or some combination thereof.”
Raskin: The whole “America First” thing is such a fraud because, in fact, Trump and the MAGA elite spend all of their time with rich people from other countries—either wealthy dictators, people like Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán, the leaders of the authoritarian states they… pic.twitter.com/v19kL6oO04
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 31, 2026
Raskin, above, cites Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, taking in more than $2 billion in investments from MBS in Saudi Arabia, with whom the U.S. does business.
Like Greene, Raskin concludes: “That’s who they hang around with. They’re not interested in ‘America First.’ That was just a completely predatory slogan they used to get votes. They’ve been selling out the country day in and day out.”