Donald Trump’s talk of a possible third term is no longer just a punchline, according to Marjorie Taylor Greene, who used a podcast appearance in the United States this week to question the former president’s mental state and warn that he ‘may not be joking’ about staying in the White House beyond the constitutional limit of two terms.
For context, Greene’s remarks came during an interview with broadcaster Megyn Kelly, where the Georgia congresswoman, once one of Donald Trump’s most vocal defenders, embarked on a strikingly personal critique of the man she still calls ‘the president’. She framed her concerns around his recent comments about a potential third run, as well as his own reported statements about not believing he will ‘go to heaven’.
Greene, 51, told Kelly that what is happening in the country is ‘not what we voted for’, accusing the current direction of being ‘America last’. In that setting, she homed in on Trump’s repeated musings about running again despite having already served one term and now holding office once more.
‘It’s the same bulls— we’ve seen for decades now, and I don’t think the president is being tongue-in-cheek,’ she said, in reference to Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would consider a third term. That last claim, if ever seriously pursued, would collide directly with the US Constitution’s two-term limit.
Greene said she does not see Trump’s language as idle banter. ‘I know that man very well,’ she insisted, describing a pattern where he ‘repeatedly and repeatedly says he’s not going to heaven, the same way he repeatedly says that he’s – “What do you think? Should I run for president again?”’
Nothing in Greene’s account has been independently verified, and Trump himself has not publicly responded to the specific claims about his private beliefs or mental state. Her remarks should therefore be treated with a degree of caution, even as they shine a light on tensions inside his own political camp.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Turns On Donald Trump Over ‘Third Term’ Talk
The news came after escalating speculation around Donald Trump’s offhand comments about serving beyond two terms, which some allies have tended to dismiss as typical Trumpian bravado. Greene, however, told Kelly that while many heard a joke, she now ‘does not think he’s joking’.
She pushed the conversation further than Kelly appeared willing to go. While the host demurred, Greene said: ‘I really want to know what his mental state is, and who is he doing this for? Because it’s not for the American people. He’s lying. He’s gone back on what he promised.’
In that short burst, she moved from questioning his tone to accusing him of betraying commitments made to voters, particularly on foreign policy. The implication was stark: that a man she once championed as a disruptive outsider is, in her view, drifting away from the ‘America First’ pledges that powered his rise.
Greene repeatedly returned to Trump’s supposed comments about religion and mortality. She said he has ‘repeatedly on camera and in interviews’ said he does not think he is going to heaven, and she cast that as a serious warning sign.
‘What is in his mind? What is his mental state?’ she asked. She then described Donald Trump as being ‘towards the end of his life’, saying he is ‘in the fourth quarter’, and argued that this raised wider questions for the country.
‘If he doesn’t think he’s going to heaven, and he’s a man toward the end… how does that pan out for the rest of us when we have a president of the United States who doesn’t think and is convinced he’s not going to heaven?’ she said.
Again, Trump has not publicly addressed Greene’s characterisation of his religious beliefs, and no independent transcript was cited for the alleged earlier remarks. The assertions rest on her recollection and opinion, rather than documented evidence, and should be read in that light.
Donald Trump, War And A Fracturing MAGA Alliance
Greene’s criticism did not stop at metaphysics. She linked her concerns about Donald Trump’s mindset directly to his approach to war and military deployments, suggesting that his reported comments about not caring what happens after death have influenced his ‘decision-making’.
She claimed Trump had told the New York Post that he ‘doesn’t care about the polling’ and ‘doesn’t care about what the American people think’, adding that he ‘may put troops on the ground’. According to Greene, what was once billed as ‘a few-day war’ is now being discussed as lasting ‘four weeks or more’.
She contrasted this with the Donald Trump she says she campaigned for. ‘I want to say, what is happening to the man that I supported, you supported, the man that denounced what happened in Iraq. The man that said no more foreign wars. No more regime change. Promised it on the campaign… We’re a year in… and we’re in another f——- war, and we’ve got American troops being killed.’
Her language underscored a broader frustration within parts of the MAGA movement who believed Trump would keep the United States out of further entanglements, and who now feel betrayed by what they see as mission creep abroad.
From there, Greene widened her attack to the entire governing set-up around Donald Trump. ‘I think it’s time for America to rip the Band-Aid off,’ she said, calling for ‘a serious conversation about what the f— is happening to this country and who in the h— are these decisions being made for and who is making these decisions?’
The questions remain largely rhetorical for now. Trump’s allies still dominate the Republican Party, and public evidence of any concrete plan for a third term is thin. Yet Greene’s warning, from inside his own populist wing, lays bare the fault lines over power, war and the outer limits of one man’s political ambition, even if parts of her account are unconfirmed and should be taken with a grain of salt.
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