Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday offered what could be considered a surprising take on Donald Trump’s second-term golfing habits, which, according to a recent JS analysis, have now cost taxpayers more than $100 million.
Asked by MeidasTouch Network’s Pablo Manríquez for her reaction to Trump golfing “while we’re at war” with Iran and as prices continue to soar, the New York Democrat acknowledged “it’s awful that this guy’s playing golf” instead of focusing on the job at hand.
She then added a striking caveat.
“But in a way, we’re already seeing that some of the most important military decision-makers in the country are trying to keep him out of consequential decisions,” she said, an apparent reference to a Wall Street Journal report that alleged “aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates” during the delicate operation to rescue airmen downed in Iran “because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful.”
Ocasio-Cortez continued: “So, in some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office.”
“But that also calls into question the 25th Amendment, because if the determination is that Donald Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room and in unfolding scenarios, then he’s not fit to be president,” she added.
Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), want a commission set up to weigh whether the 25th Amendment could be used to remove Trump from office, if he’s deemed unfit to serve.
Scrutiny of Trump’s mental fitness has become a hot topic due to his recent behavior, including attacking Pope Leo XIV and sharing increasingly controversial artificial intelligence slop online. He has not been publicly diagnosed with any condition.
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki, a former Biden White House press secretary, last week dismissed the idea of removing Trump via the 25th, arguing “it’s not going to happen” and asking why Democrats are “spending so much time” on it.
