Do you remember several months ago when President Trump and his crew went out to Joe’s Seafood in D.C. to show how safe the city had become? And do you remember when they were ambushed by CodePink protests immediately once they got inside? How does that happen? Well, according to reports out today, some are claiming Marjorie Taylor Greene setup Trump and tipped off CodePink that he would be there after recommending that restaurant to him: BREAKING: The White House contacted Secret Service regarding Marjorie Taylor Greene after an incident where President Trump was accosted by CodePink protesters inside a D.C. restaurant over the summer. MTG apparently called Trump to recommend that very restaurant days… pic.twitter.com/lTpxhIF4bg — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 9, 2026 BREAKING: The White House contacted Secret Service regarding Marjorie Taylor Greene after an incident where President Trump was accosted by CodePink protesters inside a D.C. restaurant over the summer. MTG apparently called Trump to recommend that very restaurant days earlier. She also happens to be friends with the founder of CodePink. Axios was the first to break the story: The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink protesters about his surprise visit last fall to a D.C. restaurant she recommended, two sources on Trump’s team tell Axios. That episode — which involved a chaotic confrontation between anti-war activists and Trump — embarrassed the president and intensified concerns in the White House about his safety, a year after he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. Why it matters: Trump aides view the Joe’s Seafood debacle as a point of no return in his relationship with Greene, a Trump ally-turned-critic who left office this week. Greene told Axios that any suggestion she revealed Trump’s dinner plans was “an absolute lie, a dangerous lie. I would never do that.” She said she recommended the restaurant to Trump but didn’t know when he would go there. Greene added that only the fancy lobbyist hangout — a few blocks from the White House, at 15th and H NW — and Trump aides knew of the reservation. She said: “The story you should be writing is why didn’t the Secret Service sweep the restaurant,” and have metal detectors at the door? It’s unclear whether Greene is being investigated by the Secret Service, which declined to comment. Greene didn’t respond when asked whether the Secret Service had contacted her. Protesters with the liberal group Code Pink got within feet of Trump’s table and chanted: “Free DC.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” For weeks afterward, Trump aides say they tried to discern how the group knew about his unannounced dinner plans, which were known only to a few people. The media wasn’t given a heads-up about Trump’s plans. In response to this viral story, MTG has posted a complete denial on X, calling it a dangerous lie: This is exactly what I told this little WH tool that wrote this absurd dangerous LIE about me on behalf of the WH because they are mad at me for telling the truth about the President and forcing the release of the Epstein files. Now they are making up horrific lies about me!!… https://t.co/ab8MxGe87v — Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) January 9, 2026 This is exactly what I told this little WH tool that wrote this absurd dangerous LIE about me on behalf of the WH because they are mad at me for telling the truth about the President and forcing the release of the Epstein files. Now they are making up horrific lies about me!! Code Pink was in the restaurant because the WH and Secret Service did NOT sweep Joe’s, did NOT set up metal detectors and check everyone in the restaurant, and did not do any of their normal security protocols that they do at every public event he attends!!! Only the WH set up President Trump’s reservation at Joe’s, NOT ME!! I had ZERO knowledge of when his reservation was! The only people who could have tipped off Code Pink was the restaurant or the WH! And AGAIN, why didn’t Secret Service secure the restaurant BEFORE he went in???????? This was in September when we had a great relationship, 2 months before Trump attacked me and called me a traitor!!! And even now, I would NEVER do what they are accusing me of! I would NEVER EVER do anything to endanger anyone!!! “I’ll be calling my attorney. This is an ABSOLUTE LIE, A DANGEROUS LIE. I would NEVER do that. 1. The President’s team set his reservation. I had ZERO involvement or knowledge of his schedule and when he would go to dinner there. The only thing I did was suggest the restaurant to him and give the phone number to his team. I believe I texted it to Natalie. They set it up on their own and never told me the date. 2. He went to Joe’s in September, 2 months before he turned on me and attacked me. We had no ill will and a great relationship at the time. And even now, I would NEVER do what you are accusing me of! I literally defended the President yesterday on The View when they were attacking him about J6. 3. I do not have Medea Benjamin’s phone number and do not have any contact with her. She used to stop by my office as she stops by every office on Capitol hill. 4. The story you should be writing is why didn’t secret service sweep the restaurant??? Why didn’t they set up metal detectors and check every person at the door like they do at every single public event he attends??? Why aren’t you asking the White House those questions??? And why did the President’s team allow that to happen only a year after he was shot in Butler, PA??? Who at the restaurant could have leaked his reservation??? Only the WH and Joe’s had knowledge of the reservation!! This is a dangerous false accusation against me that is 100% false and you and Axios should never publish such a horrific lie!!!” Anyone saying this is true is absolutely lying!!! So….who’s telling the truth? I’ll say two things that jumped out to me almost immediately and that lead me to believe MTG in this account. One, the idea that she would recommend a dinner spot to the most powerful man in the world who obviously knows what Joe’s Seafood is and has probably dined there or nicer places thousands of times is preposterous to me. I don’t see President Trump ever asking for MTG’s advice on where he should go for dinner, do you? Do you think the most decisive man in the world had to ask MTG for a dinner recommendation? Two, she makes a compelling point that this never should have been allowed to happen in the first place because the Secret Service should have conducted a full sweep of the building first. That’s the most serious to me, and it underscores the continuing lack of protection for our President. That’s absolutely inexcusable. Even if MTG had somehow tried to influence President Trump’s dinner choice and then tip off CodePink, the entire plan should have immediately failed after the Secret Service swept the building. So I’m not buying this one. How about you?