Trump gloated as Marjorie Taylor Greene quit congress – but she had a stinging suggestion on her way out of the door. Meanwhile, JD Vance is facing a leak inquiry
15:53, 22 Nov 2025Updated 15:54, 22 Nov 2025
Hang on…zoom in and enhance….(Image: Daniel Torok/Official White House)
Washington is reeling from a double-whammy of political bombshells. Primarily, most people are still thinking about Donald Trump fawning over avowed Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani overnight. And just when they were getting used to this new world where cats and dogs lay down together and get a perfectly good night’s sleep, Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she was stepping down from Congress. It was lowkey one of the most interesting days in American politics for quite some time.
Meanwhile in Trumpworld
JD Vance ‘leak’ inquiryMTG floats impeachmentTrump gloatsSomeone’s feeding him nonsense againFox News loses its damn mind over Mamdani love inBill and Hillary Clinton hauled in to Epstein probe
Here’s everything you need to know
1. Is JD Vance leaking?
Not content with wearing a manifestly ugly shirt to the black tie dinner laid on for Mohammed Bin Salman this week, it seems like JD Vance spilt something down it before he sat down with the Saudi Crown Prince.
Now, fellas, we’ve all done the thing where there’s a pen mark on your shirt, but you can get away with it for the work do because the jacket covers it up. That said, they had honeynut squash soup as a starter, so it could have been that.
But even he’s the Vice President of the United States… was that really the only dress shirt he had in the building? And if he only brought the one, why would he choose one from the Meat Loaf circa 1977 collection?
The weird discolouration can been seen in close-up(Image: Daniel Torok/Official White House)2. MTG jumps
And just like that, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s feud with Donald Trump – not to mention her congressional career – is over. The former MAGA firebrand and Jewish Space Laser conspiracy amplifier turned Epstein focused Trump tweaker announced in a lengthy video overnight that she doesn’t at all fancy getting primaried by a Trump-backed candidate in next year’s midterm elections, or defend him against an inevitable third impeachment, so she’ll be quitting on January 5. “My life is filled with happiness,” she told supporters in a video, with a Christmas Tree and a peace lily in the background. “And my true convictions remain unchanged, because my self-worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God.”
Republicans will likely lose the midterms elections next year, she said, and then she’d “be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me. It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said. “I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
So yeah, she’s running.
3. Wait, did she say impeachment? Out loud?
Third time lucky?(Image: AP)
Everyone has, of course, been concentrating on the top line of Greene’s announcement. But it’s worth reflecting on the fact that Greene, still a Republican, is talking openly about the likelihood of Trump being impeached for a third time. And if the Republicans do as badly as polls suggest they will in the midterms, this one might actually stick.
4. Trump gloats
Trump, of course, woke up early in order to crow about his latest scalp. “Marjorie “Traitor” Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it “quits,”” he wrote at 6.45am, Washington DC time. “Her relationship with the WORST Republican Congressman in decades, Tom Massie of Kentucky, also known as Rand Paul Jr. because he votes against the Republican Party (and really good legislation!), did not help her. For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD. Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country! President DJT”
5. Trump claims polls are ‘highest ever’, in fact they’re lowest ever
We’re not sure which toadie was feeding the President nonsense over his McMuffins this Saturday morning, but it was a particularly deep shade of crazy. Shortly after his pre-7am victory lap about MTG, the President once again put finger to touchscreen and tapped out this absolute guff: “I HAVE JUST GOTTEN THE HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY “POLITICAL CAREER.””
The quotes around “POLITICAL CAREER” were in the Truth Social post. We haven’t added them, neither is it clear what they mean.
Trump, clearly freshly fluffed by some fatuous flunky, continued: “While my great work on the Economy has not yet been fully appreciated, it will be! Things are really Rockin’. Stopping WARS and Foreign Relations seems to be a strong suit. Also great, The Border and Stopping Crime. I predict that the Economy, with the already HIGHEST STOCK MARKET, EVER, and prices coming sharply down from the Biden disaster, will soon be at the top of the list. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Of course, none of the above is true. In fact, literally the opposite. Polling expert Harry Enten, whom Trump occasionally quotes when it suits him, slid on to CNN last night and exclaimed: “I would say this is probably the worst 10-day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious.” The absolute best of November’s polls puts Trump “at 14 points underwater”, he explained, adding: “That’s the Marquette University Law School poll. Tied for the worst he’s ever had in that poll.” He went on to list all the other polls where he’s doing even worse:
Fox: -17Marist: -17Reuters Ipsos: -22AP-NORC: -26
Enten added: “When your best poll has you still 14 points underwater, you know it’s truly bad, and it’s as bad as 26 points under water. We’re talking about an average well, well, well under water with the deep blue sea swimming with the fishes.” Trump’s net approval rating with Independent voters has gone from -4 in January to (wait for it) -43. That’s not a typo. Minus forty-three.
“Loo hoo hoo hoo! Look at this number!”, the excitable Enten genuinely said on national television.
Content cannot be displayed without consent6. Fox News loses its mind over Mamdani
MAGA, and specifically Fox News is absolutely losing its mind over Trump’s love-in with Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-elect of the Socialist Republic of New York last night.
There were many reactions to the surprisingly calm and non-confrontational Oval Office meeting last night, mainly along the lines of “what is happening” and “why is Trump looking at Zohran like he’s a tasty snack? I mean, he is. But that’s how Trump normally looks at a double Fillet o Fish.”
To give a flavour of the panic this moment threw the right into, let’s look at Brian Kilmeade, tasked last night with anchoring Fox’s instant reaction to the tremulous tete a tete. “I think JD Vance is jealous,” Kilmeade said, a note of terror in his tone. “I think the President wants to use him as a running mate. They really got along fantastic.”
Content cannot be displayed without consent7. And who can blame them?
Trump’s fangirling didn’t stop when Mamdani exited the Oval. It came up during the spray that Zohran had been somewhat taken with a painting of Franklin D Roosevelt that Trump has hanging in the West Wing, and that the pair had posed for snaps in front of it. What was a bit unexpected was Trump proceeding to post those photos on Truth Social – including one of Mamdani on his own.
Content cannot be displayed without consent8. Bill and Hillary Clinton summoned for Congress questioning over Epstein
Bill and Hillary Clinton have been summoned to give evidence to the Republican-led House Oversight Committee Epstein investigation. Under threat of Contempt of Congress, Lawyers for the the former President and former Secretary were told a written submission would not be accpetable, and they must turn up in person. “Given the admission that your clients possess some relevant information, your position amounts to a demand that the Committee forgo in-person testimony, potentially relevant to its legislative oversight,” Chairman James Comer said. Bill Clinton is scheduled to make a deposition on December 17, with Hillary the following day.