All the ways Marjorie Taylor Greene has shifted her approach lately — and why Trump is 'surprised at her'

Starting in 2019 with her rookie run for Congress, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — a former general contractor and CrossFit gym owner — made a national name for herself as one of America’s most pro-MAGA voices.

But in recent months, Greene, who represents a deep-red district in Georgia’s northwest corner, seems to have spent more time and energy bucking the president — on the government shutdown; on health care; on inflation; on Israel; on Ukraine; on mass deportations — than promoting his policies.

The congresswoman’s latest Trump tussle came Wednesday, when she was one of only four Republicans who joined with Democrats to force a full House vote on releasing all the files connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a move the president and his allies on Capitol Hill tried to block.

“I honestly believe it’s not only the right thing to do for the victims but it’s also the right thing to do for the country,” Greene wrote on X . “Americans deserve transparency.”

Greene’s new approach has not gone unnoticed at the White House. Asked Monday about her recent criticisms, Trump told reporters , “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie.”

“She’s a nice woman, but I don’t know what’s happened,” the president said. “She’s lost her way, I think.”

Trump went on to accuse Greene of “catering to the other side" and suggest that “she’s got some kind of an act going."

“I’m surprised at her,” he added.

Greene immediately denied Trump’s claim — “I haven’t lost my way,” she said in a statement. “I’m 100% America first and only!” — but that hasn’t cleared up the confusion surrounding her recent shift.

Here are all the ways Greene has changed her approach lately — and a few theories about why she’s sounding so different.

MTG’s long list of recent breaks with the GOP

• Unlike other Republicans, who solely blamed Democrats for the recent, record-breaking government shutdown, Greene held the leaders of her own party responsible, arguing that they should have stayed in Washington to resolve the impasse rather than calling an indefinite recess. “It's an embarrassment,” Greene said on “The View.” “The worst thing that I just can't get over is we're not working right now. And I put that criticism directly on the speaker of the House. We should be at work."

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