Former Trump ally drops bombshell claim about nuclear weapons and Iran

Fresh questions about the direction of the United States’ conflict with Iran have emerged after former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made an extraordinary allegation about discussions taking place inside the Trump administration.

Greene claims President Donald Trump and senior officials have considered the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran during private strategy meetings. No evidence supporting her account was included in the material provided, and the White House had been approached for comment on the allegation.

Her intervention carries an additional political dimension because Greene spent years as one of Trump’s most prominent supporters before breaking with him and eventually leaving her Georgia congressional seat.

Writing on X on Sunday, Greene claimed that discussions inside the administration have gone considerably further than the public debate surrounding the war has suggested.

According to Greene, Trump and senior advisers are “discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings.”

Greene presented the assertion as information she personally knew rather than a conclusion she had reached from public reporting.

“Yes you read that correctly. It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know. And it’s pure evil,” Greene wrote.

No confirmation from the administration was cited alongside her allegation.

Points to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Greene used much of her lengthy statement to argue against any lowering of the threshold for nuclear warfare.

Her post referred to the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 and the enormous civilian death toll that followed. Greene also highlighted the longer-term consequences of radiation exposure, including illness, cancer and birth defects.

“Not to mention wiping out all means of their economy. And the suffering was so great that all of humanity vowed, ‘never again,’” Greene wrote.

Her criticism extended beyond the alleged nuclear discussions to the broader reasoning behind American military action against Iran.

Greene argued that previous intelligence assessments had not established that Tehran was on the verge of producing a nuclear weapon. She also accused Israel of influencing the decision that led Washington into the conflict and blamed subsequent military action for further destabilising the region.

Former Trump loyalist turns critic

Greene’s accusations are particularly notable given her previous political relationship with Trump.

For years, the former Georgia representative ranked among his most outspoken congressional allies. Their relationship later deteriorated, and Greene has since become increasingly willing to publicly challenge the president and his administration.

Her latest statement accused Washington itself of considering a reduction in the threshold for nuclear use while Trump has repeatedly portrayed the campaign against Iran as successful.

Greene ultimately alleged that the United States is “the one actually discussing lowering the nuclear threshold in order to use nuclear weapons against Iran.”

The material provided does not include an administration response confirming or denying that nuclear weapons have featured in the strategy discussions.

This article is made and published by Nicolai H, who may have used AI in the preparation