CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks MTG if she 'genuinely believed' Trump wanted to wipe out all of Iran

WASHINGTON, DC: CNN's Wolf Blitzer pressed former Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene on whether she truly believed President Donald Trump would have followed through on a jaw-dropping threat against Iran.

During a recent appearance on 'The Situation Room', Greene was asked by Blitzer whether she "genuinely believed” Trump would have killed “Iran’s entire population,” after the President warned he could destroy the country’s “whole civilization” if a deal wasn’t reached by an 8 pm. Tuesday deadline.

Trump’s Iran threat and 25th Amendment

Blitzer opened the segment by reminding viewers and Greene that she had recently called for Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment following his threat.

“I know you recently called for the president to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution after that threat that he made about destroying the whole civilization of Iran,” Blitzer said. He then pointed out Trump’s history of headline-grabbing posts and asked, “Why was this the final straw for you?”

“Because it’s absolute madness! How can any person that is mentally stable call for an entire civilization of people to be murdered, to be wiped out, to never come back again? That’s what the president called for,” Greene said.

She argued the statement revealed deeper concerns about Trump’s judgment. “And that shows that there’s serious instability in his thinking that he would, not only would he even say that in a private room, perhaps with his advisors, but actually go to his megaphone, his Truth Social and post that for the entire country and the entire world," she said.

Greene continued, “And I’m, this is, it’s unreal. This should never be tolerated. I know that it’s a very difficult, hard stretch to see it actually coming through.”

Still, she insisted the conversation was necessary. “But the conversation needs to be had. And he’s out of control and people within the administration need to step up, take responsibility and rein this in."

Ceasefire claims and White House defense

Co-anchor Pamela Brown noted that administration officials had suggested Trump was prepared to act on the threat.

“And administration officials, as we’ve heard, have said that he was ready to follow through with this threat,” Brown said. "Just hours after he made it, he announced this two-week ceasefire that’s still very tenuous at the moment."

The White House, she noted, has argued that Trump’s aggressive rhetoric forced Iran’s hand.

“The White House is claiming it was the president’s tough rhetoric that brought Iran to its knees. What do you say to that?” Brown asked.

Greene wasn’t buying it.

“I’m sorry. That’s not tough rhetoric. It’s insanity! It is calling for the murder of an entire civilization of men, women, children, of innocent civilians. That is not what I would call proper or even decent negotiations,” she said.

Nuclear strike fears and JD Vance’s role

Greene acknowledged diplomatic efforts, crediting Vice President JD Vance with helping broker the ceasefire.

“There should be negotiations happening, and they did happen. And JD Vance, the vice president, was the one that helped bring that ceasefire,” she said.

"It doesn’t seem to be much of a ceasefire, but it is supposedly a ceasefire. And that happened through negotiations through JD Vance. And JD Vance did not go to his social media and threaten to murder every single man, woman, and child in Iran,” Greene added.

She wondered how such a threat could even be carried out.

“Presumably, we can only presume that that would happen through nuclear bombs. Because that’s the type of horrific weaponry that would be used to wipe out an entire civilization,” she insisted. “So no, I push back on that. And I think the American people fully agree. Everyone was outraged.”