What's going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Americano
The Spectator
4 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Freddy Gray speaks to the Washington correspondent for Vanity Fair Aidan McLaughlin about his interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Congresswoman, who was formerly a MAGA loyalist, announced her resignation having fallen out with President Donald Trump. Freddy and Aidan discuss the fallout, her unpredictable views on current issues & why the media loves a political convert.
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| 0:34.8 | Hello and welcome back to the Americano Show, a series of discussions in which we talk about American politics, power and prejudices. |
| 0:44.2 | Each week, we will do at least two possibly more episodes speaking to an American or an American expert about what is going on in America. We will cover the Trump presidency, |
| 0:56.9 | of course, but we will also be doing quite a lot of non-Trump related podcasts, because if you're |
| 1:02.4 | anything like me, the story of Donald Trump can get a bit overwhelming. Please keep listening |
| 1:08.6 | and enjoy. |
| 1:14.7 | Hello and welcome back to the Americano show. |
| 1:18.1 | Today I am delighted to be joined by Aidan McLaughlin, |
| 1:22.4 | who was formerly a sometime contributor to the spectator, |
| 1:30.9 | but now has a very prestigious job as Washington correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine. And Aiden wrote a interview recently about, it was an interview with Marjorie Taylor Green, the congresswoman who has just |
| 1:38.1 | surprised Washington, I think it's fair to say, by abruptly announcing her resignation from Congress. And the story before that, |
| 1:47.1 | the story that Aiden covered when he interviewed her, was her falling out with Trump, going to war |
| 1:52.1 | with Trump over various issues. And it's a pretty interesting story because Marjorie Taylor-Green |
| 1:57.4 | was up until quite recently a very staunch loyalist for Trump. So let's, Aidan, let's get to the |
| 2:05.3 | bottom of this. I think in your, towards the end of your piece, you say what is going on with |
| 2:09.2 | Marjorie Taylor Green? It's got, it's become an even more interesting question, I think, |
| 2:14.3 | since your piece came out. Yeah. So, yeah, the reason I wanted to do this |
| 2:19.2 | interview with Marjorie Taylor Green is that the question that has been sort of bounding around |
| 2:24.6 | DC and beyond for the last couple of months when anyone ever talks about politics and Trump |
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