{"id":252920,"date":"2026-08-17T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/252920\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:26:12","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-trump-discussing-nuclear-option-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/252920\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump &#8216;discussing&#8217; nuclear option in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former Georgia congresswoman <a data-ylk=\"slk:Marjorie Taylor Greene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/19\/maga-trump-mtg-georgia-special-election\/88716760007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> says that the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Trump Administration;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/08\/13\/trump-antisemitism-harvard-lawsuit-dismissed\/91288718007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration<\/a> is considering possible nuclear actions during strategy meetings on the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Greene <a data-ylk=\"slk:resigned from her position;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/22\/marjorie-taylor-greene-donald-trump-epstein-files-the-view\/86866372007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">resigned from her position<\/a> in the U.S House of Representatives in January before finishing a full term, following a tumultuous and public falling out with <a data-ylk=\"slk:President Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite her seat being filled with MAGA supporter Clay Fuller in a special election in May, Greene has stayed vocal on political issues, including criticizing the president and his administration repeatedly over the course of the last eight months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Greene has been a strong opponent of the Iran war, joining forces with other conservatives like lame duck Rep. Thomas Massie and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Tucker Carlson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FmrRepMTG\/status\/2085182925503357300\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The <a data-ylk=\"slk:number one Goal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117110334410901963\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">number one Goal<\/a> is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221; Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not speculating, I know,&#8217; Greene says<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a post on X Sunday, Greene said the Trump Administration was &#8220;discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran&#8221; during recent strategy meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Yes you read that correctly. It&#8217;s real. I&#8217;m not speculating, I know,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s pure evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">USA TODAY reached out to the White House about Greene&#8217;s comments and did not receive a response as of 10 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says that the Trump Administration is considering possible nuclear actions during strategy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[69978,34,20333,269,722,69977,3816,309],"class_list":["post-252920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-clay-fuller","tag-iran","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-president-trump","tag-strategy-meetings","tag-thomas-massie","tag-trump-administration"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117111553049654903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}