US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure of the far right, announced Friday she is quitting her seat in Congress, one week after President Donald Trump pulled his support for the former staunch ally.

In a video posted online, the 51-year-old Republican congresswoman from Georgia elected in 2020 said she had "always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in."

Greene said she did not want her supporters and family to endure "a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms.

"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026," she said.

Greene had previously been a standard-bearer of Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, but

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