Overview
- Greene announced she will leave the House effective January 5, 2026, ending her term a year early.
- President Trump praised the move as “great news,” revoked his support, and said he would back a primary challenger in her Georgia district.
- Greene cited a desire to spare her district “painful, hateful” primaries and said she refused to be “an abused wife,” underscoring the rupture.
- The split escalated after Greene joined calls, including with some Democrats and Rep. Tom Massie, to disclose Epstein investigative files that Trump initially opposed.
- Coverage notes the exit narrows a fragile Republican margin in the House and highlights widening fractures within the MAGA movement and the GOP.