Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, on Monday harshly criticized President Trump’s new plan to help speed weapons deliveries to Ukraine, saying it breaks a key promise that he and many in his party made to voters to end U.S. entanglement in conflicts overseas.

“It’s not just Ukraine; it’s all foreign wars in general and a lot of foreign aid,” Ms. Greene said in an interview, arguing that Mr. Trump was turning his back on the America First approach that helped secure sweeping victories for him and Republicans. “This is what we campaigned on. This is what I promised also to my district. This is what everybody voted for. And I believe we have to maintain the course.”

Her comments were in response to Mr. Trump’s announcement from the Oval Office earlier in the day, when he laid out plans to sell weapons to NATO countries that would then send those arms to Ukraine. The president emphasized that the arrangement would come at no cost to U.S. taxpayers, addressing a key concern among Republicans increasingly wary of the war’s price tag.

But Ms. Greene was unconvinced, arguing that Americans would bear costs, and that there was no scenario in which the United States would avoid involvement.

“Without a shadow of a doubt, our tax dollars are being used,” she said, arguing that indirect costs such as deploying American troops to provide training on the weapons being sent, would entangle the United States financially and logistically in the conflict. She also noted that the United States is the largest contributor to NATO, saying those indirect costs are being borne by American taxpayers. “And so it is U.S. involvement,” she said.

The issue of foreign aid has repeatedly put Ms. Greene at odds with many in her own party, and recently, with Mr. Trump himself. She has also been harshly critical of the president’s bellicose approach to Iran. She insists that Mr. Trump’s base is with her, not with his recent more hawkish approach, which included a threat against Russia to accept a peace deal or be hit with crippling financial penalties.