US President Donald Trump said Friday he was pulling his endorsement for key ally Marjorie Taylor Greene after a string of disagreements, calling the hard-right lawmaker a "ranting lunatic."

It marks extraordinary rift in Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement a year before US mid-term elections, with Trump facing growing criticism on the cost of living and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

"I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of 'Congresswoman' Marjorie Taylor Greene," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.

"All I see 'Wacky' Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!"

Trump said he would be open to backing an opponent if Republicans in her state of Georgia decided to mount a primary challenge against Greene, saying people there were "fed up with her and her

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