Massie and Greene meet in Costa Rica after Trump fights deepen
Massie and Greene were photographed in Costa Rica days after his primary loss and her resignation, a striking retreat for two of Trump’s most visible GOP critics.
Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene ended up in Costa Rica together just as Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party looked newly fortified by both of their setbacks. Massie, who lost the Kentucky GOP primary on May 19, 2026, to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, was there with his wife, Carolyn Grace Moffa. Greene, who announced on Nov. 21, 2025, that she would resign from Congress effective Jan. 5, 2026, was there with her fiancé, Brian Glenn.
TMZ reported that the two lawmakers, both among the most visible Republican critics of Trump in Congress, were photographed on the beach during the trip. The outlet said the group spent time fishing and in “spicy” political talks. The setting was unusual, but the politics behind it were even more revealing: two figures who built their national profiles by breaking with Trump were now meeting in the tropics after separate defeats had weakened their leverage inside the party.
Massie’s loss came after a concerted effort by Trump to oust him in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Greene had already been in open conflict with Trump before leaving Congress, and she publicly blamed Massie’s defeat on his push to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Massie had led a bipartisan effort with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna to force a House vote on legislation requiring the full release of Epstein-related government records, a move that drew support from several House Republicans, including Greene before her resignation.
The Costa Rica meeting carried the feel of a post-primary and post-Congress recalibration. It brought together two Republicans who had been willing to challenge Trump, but whose recent political trajectories pointed in different directions: Massie, beaten in a primary, and Greene, exiting Congress altogether. Yet neither has fully disappeared from the field. Massie has filed paperwork to run in 2028, signaling that his defeat may be a pause rather than an end.
Greene’s departure also reshaped the party’s map in Georgia. Her resignation set off a special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, opening another intraparty contest in a Republican-held seat. For Trump, the symbolism was favorable: one critic defeated, another sidelined, and a party still moving toward his orbit even as dissenters looked for their next opening.
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