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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump on Monday for hosting Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the White House, rather than focusing on domestic issues like health care.
In a post on the social platform X, the outspoken congresswoman called on the president to prioritize crafting a GOP plan to address rising health care costs over meeting with foreign leaders.
“I would really like to see nonstop meetings at the WH on domestic policy not foreign policy and foreign country’s leaders,” Greene said in her post.
“Start by hauling in the health insurance company’s executives and let’s start formulating our Republican plan to save America from Obamacare and ACA tax credits that have skyrocketed the cost of health insurance!” she continued.
Greene, a staunch Trump supporter, has bucked her party in recent months on several key issues, including health care.
The Georgia Republican emerged as a rare voice castigating her party for failing to adequately prepare for the looming expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which Greene has noted will affect many of her constituents and even her adult children.
Greene has also criticized certain aspects of the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda and has encouraged the president and Republicans in Congress to focus on issues that she views as “America first” and that address Americans’ everyday concerns.
Al-Sharaa arrived at the White House shortly before noon on Monday, marking the first-ever visit of a Syrian head of state to the White House. The president last week lifted al-Sharaa’s terrorist designation.
Trump has called for Congress to lift all sanctions on Syria, but some Republicans are opposed to a blanket repeal, instead calling for safeguards to hold al-Sharaa to account on following through on responsible governance.
Greene took issue with the meeting, pointing to “the persecution” of Christians in Syria, which she said has been ongoing since the new leader’s rise to power last December.
“The new leader of Syria is a former Al Qaeda terrorist wanted by our government who is meeting with President Trump today at the White House on the U.S. Marine’s 250th anniversary,” Greene wrote in her X post.
“He rose to power in Dec 2024, sanctions were lifted off Syria in June, and many Christians and minority groups have been killed before and after sanctions were lifted,” she continued. “Syria is the oldest home of Christianity outside of Israel. The apostle Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus. I pray the persecution ends, not only in Syria, but all around the world.”
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
