Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘open to moving forward’ after row with Donald Trump

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she is ready to mend relations with Donald Trump after a high-profile row between the pair.

The former MAGA ally had said the US president was “coming after me hard” to prevent her efforts to release more files about Jeffrey Epstein.

But writing on X on Sunday, she said forgiveness was a “major part” of her Christian faith.

“I’m here to show how it’s possible to settle our differences and move forward as Americans,” she wrote. “That’s why I’m always willing to go on shows with different viewpoints.

“I truly believe in forgiveness and I am open to moving forward with the President.”

A day earlier, Ms Greene claimed she was facing threats after a barrage of personal criticism from Mr Trump.

She said she’d received warnings about her safety and that “a hotbed of threats” were “being fuelled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”.

“As a woman, I take threats from men seriously,” Ms Greene added.

“I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel.”

The congresswoman said Mr Trump’s “aggression against me” – considering she was a staunch supporter of his policies – was “completely shocking to everyone”.

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The fight began when a petition to vote on the full release of the Epstein files received enough signatures – including Ms Greene’s – to bring it to a vote in the House of Representatives.

Mr Trump rescinded his support for Ms Greene, dubbed her a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only), and suggested he could support a challenge against her.

Ms Greene claimed text messages she sent to the president about the Epstein files had “sent him over the edge”.

She wrote on social media: “Of course he’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other Republicans before next week’s vote to release the Epstein files.”

High-profile figures, including Mr Trump, have been referenced in some of the documents.

The White House has said the “selectively leaked emails” were an attempt to “create a fake narrative to smear President Trump”, who has consistently denied any involvement or knowledge about Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Mr Trump has called the Epstein files a “hoax” created by the Democrats to “deflect” from the US government shutdown.

Epstein took his own life in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.