Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is now only a few days into her tenure as a Georgia congresswoman, says she was "just so naive" to believe that Donald Trump was a man of the people in her latest rebellious interview.

In a lengthy interview with The New York Times, which discusses her break with the president after years of loyalty, Greene explains that small disagreements with the president culminated in a complete rift after the September slaying of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

Elected to a third term in the Georgia House of Representatives, she says she watched Kirk's funeral service on television when his widow, Erica, said she had forgiven her husband's killer. But then Trump took the stage and said, unlike Kirk - "a missionary with a noble spirit" who did not hate his opponents, Trump said he did.

"I hate my opponent, and I don't want them to have the best," Trump said.

Greene said: "That was absolutely the worst statement. It just shows where his heart is. And that's the difference, Erica Kirk with her sincere Christian faith, and saying he has no faith."

Greene said her turn against the "mean" Maggie's took place in that moment, and she abandoned her training "never to apologize and never admit when you're wrong."

"As a Christian, I don't believe in doing that," she said. "I agree with Erica Kirk, who did the most difficult thing and spoke up." Greene said later to a friend that after Kirk's death, "I realized I belong to this toxic culture. I really started examining my faith. I wanted to be more like Jesus."

The Maggie landscape after Kirk's death shows a fracturing, and Greene has positioned herself against the administration and Republican positions, declaring the war in Gaza "genocide" and also questioning economic, health, and foreign policy positions that she says don't prioritize working-class Americans.

"I was just so naive and so beyond politics," she said, adding: "It was easy for me to be naive."

Her break with Trump and Republican leadership in Congress, she told the Times, ended with a vote on releasing files related to the investigation of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Greene said the Epstein files represented "everything that's wrong in Washington" and said it was "the story of terrible things done by rich, powerful elites and how they got away with it. And the women are the victims."

After meeting with victims, she said Trump called her and yelled "My friends will be hurt" if the files were released.

In the interview, Greene said she was wrong to accuse Democrats of treason. She acknowledged that she is now a political outcast from the political divide of both parties.

"I seem to be radioactive," she admitted.

"Everyone says: "She changed,"" Greene added. "I haven't changed my views. But I've matured. I've learned Washington and realized the place's brokenness."