President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday evening with ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott and offered his first public reaction to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress.

In a shocking Friday night announcement, Rep. Greene declared she is resigning, effective January 5, 2026.

"I think it's great news for the country. It's great," Trump told Scott.

Scott asked if Greene had given him any heads up about the announcement.

"Nah, it doesn't matter, you know, but I think it's great. I think she should be happy," Trump said.

Scott added, "When I asked about the president about the rift between the two of them the president replied, 'only between me and her, not her and me.'"

"He said as of now, he has no plans to speak to her and wishes her well."

The president then pivoted to other topics, praising a separate meeting he had held earlier in the day with Zohran Mamdani.

Greene posted a nearly 11-minute video and a four-page signed resignation letter to X about an hour before Trump's response, confirming the end of her five-year tenure representing Georgia's 14th District.

The dramatic exit comes after Greene repeatedly demanded the immediate public release of the Jeffrey Epstein client list and files, which led to her being scolded and unendorsed by President Donald Trump in a series of posts to Truth Social.

Greene said in the video, "I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have 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."