Trump Reportedly Perplexed by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Recent Rebuffs: ‘What’s Going On’ With Her?

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President Donald Trump is reportedly “perplexed” by MAGA loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for breaking ranks with both party and the president on several major issues, including Gaza and the government shutdown.

Trump is said to be “perplexed” by her shift, according to two GOP sources who told NBC News that in recent months the president has called some senior Republicans to ask: “What’s going on with Marjorie?”

The Georgia congresswoman has in recent months attacked GOP leadership and defied the White House. She’s referred to Israel’s offensive in Gaza as a “genocide,” backed the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, and criticized the Senate as a “place where all good things go to die.”

Last month, she declined an invitation to Trump’s Rose Garden Club opening.

This week, Greene even sided with Democrats on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies during the government shutdown fight.

“I’m not some sort of blind slave to the president, and I don’t think anyone should be,” Greene told reporters after news broke of her ACA stance. “I serve in Congress. We’re a separate branch of the government… I got elected without the president’s endorsement, and I think that has served me really well.”

Greene’s recent positions followed growing frustration after Trump’s advisers discouraged her from launching a Senate run and passed her over for an administration post, according to the GOP sources.

Greene insists her positions are not rebellious.

“I didn’t run for Congress as an establishment Republican,” she said. “I’m very much an average American.”