'Is he going to drop nuclear bombs': MTG challenges Trump's war timeline

WASHINGTON, DC: Marjorie Taylor Greene challenged President Trump’s claim that the Iran war will end after the midterms, asking whether “nuclear bombs” would bring the conflict to an end.

Greene said Trump’s advisers warned that the conflict could continue well past the 2028 presidential election, challenging his stated timeline.

The former Georgia congresswoman and a former Trump ally made the remarks in a video posted on X, Thursday, September 17.

Marjorie Taylor Greene questions Trump's timeline for ending Iran war

Greene questioned why Trump is saying the war will end after the midterms after advisers told him Iran could sustain the conflict beyond 2028.

“All of his advisers, as a matter of fact, they advised him just last week with Vice President Vance in the room, with Secretary Rubio in the room,” Greene said. 

“They told him that this war that Iran could sustain it well past the next presidential election in 2028,” she added.

Greene then questioned how Trump would bring the war to an end, saying, “Is he going to drop nuclear bombs on Iran? Is that how he's going to end it?” She added, “I think we all should be extremely concerned.”

She framed the conflict as a departure from what she said many MAGA voters expected from Trump, saying ending foreign wars had been “a big deal.”

“But war was never what we voted for,” Greene said. “We voted for Make America Great Again.”

Greene links Iran war to rising fuel prices

Greene also connected the war to fuel prices, pointing to her earlier criticism of rising costs outside a California gas station.

In a Tuesday X video, she cited prices of $6.19 for regular gas, $6.47 for plus, $6.75 for supreme and $8.49 for diesel.

“This is ridiculous,” Greene said, arguing that high diesel prices affect the cost of goods. “Everything you buy — your food, your supplies, all of your goods — gets delivered by diesel.”

“The war in Iran has got to stop,” she added. “This is Trump’s fault.”

AAA put the national average for regular gas at roughly $4.44 per gallon Thursday, up about 17 cents from a week earlier and 40 cents from a month earlier. 

Two days before the US and Israel launched the conflict, AAA reported an average of $2.98.

Greene also challenges Trump over other issues

Greene’s criticism extends beyond the war and fuel prices in her Thursday video message. 

She also questioned Trump’s support for data centers, saying people do not want their land and water used for AI infrastructure or to deal with noise from large buildings.

She criticized the Republican Party’s support for Flock cameras and said Trump had called people “ignorant and poor” over opposition to data centers.

Greene also returned to the Epstein files, saying she was “shockingly” troubled by Trump’s fight over their release. 

“The Epstein files still aren’t fully released,” she said. “Why is that? What are they hiding? What is Donald Trump hiding? And who was he hiding? Who was he protecting?”

The former Georgia lawmaker resigned from Congress earlier this year after a feud with Trump, who pulled his support of Greene in November. 

Greene had criticized Trump’s handling of the Epstein files and his focus on lowering costs.