Former U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been speaking out against President Trump over the war in Iran, is being criticized for claiming that she personally knows about related discussions happening in the White House.
Greene wrote of the Trump administration on social media: “They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings. Yes you read that correctly. It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know. And it’s pure evil.”
They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings.
Yes you read that correctly. It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know.
And it’s pure evil.
The last time a nuclear weapon was used was August 6th and 9th of 1945 on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and…
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@FmrRepMTG) August 16, 2026
Greene added, “Trump and his admin were told by our own intelligence that Iran was no where [stet] near creating a nuclear weapon, then Israel said the same line it’s repeated for decades, ‘Iran is only weeks away.’ So we bombed anyways, killed their leaders and innocent little children in a school, and Iran has controlled the Strait of Hormuz ever since and punished the region for their part in it. And now our government is the one actually discussing lowering the nuclear threshold in order to use nuclear weapons against Iran even though Trump claims he’s won the war like 40 times and says the U.S. controls the SoH.”
Greene went on, citing the war as a broken promise by the President, whom she has repeatedly accused of betraying MAGA principles.
“Trump promised no more foreign wars, but may actually be the one who delivers a nuclear holocaust that would likely drag the entire world into major conflict, economic depression, and mass human suffering we’ve never seen in our lifetimes and maybe throughout history,” she wrote. “People need to speak out and boldly stop this insanity. America is not untouchable. If and when that happens, everyone, and I do mean everyone, will hold ALL of those in leadership right now fully responsible for the rest of human history. Do not use nuclear weapons and stop this war NOW.”
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, who served as the Senior Military Aide to President Bill Clinton and was responsible for the President’s Emergency Satchel, a.k.a. the “Nuclear Football” that accompanies the president at all times and allows him to authorize a nuclear strike, slammed Greene for her comments.
As someone who carried the nuclear football, this is the most insane, irresponsible thing I’ve ever seen a “public political official” post on social media.
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 16, 2026
Patterson replied: “As someone who carried the nuclear football, this is the most insane, irresponsible thing I’ve ever seen a ‘public political official’ post on social media.”
Fellow veterans are replying to Patterson in agreement. As USAF vet Charles Wood wrote: “She needs to be locked up. If she was privy to that discussion she has now proven herself to be a national security risk otherwise she is just making noise for clicks and taps.”
Another veteran, Ryan Leffers, wrote of Greene, “Also from someone that knows how these things can go…they put all options on the table. Nukes get considered, but get thrown off the table real quick. She is absolutely gaslighting and blowing things WAY out of proportion.”