Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Donald Trump would be better suited to a golf course than to the Oval Office, sharpening her criticism of the president as Democrats again pressed questions about whether he should remain in office.
Speaking to a reporter from the MeidasTouch network, Ocasio-Cortez said it was "awful that this guy's playing golf," adding that "in some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office." She then tied the jab directly to the Constitution, saying the 25th Amendment should be called into question if Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room and in unfolding scenarios.
Her comments landed as several Democrats renewed calls for invoking the 25th Amendment after reports that senior military leaders intentionally left Trump out of a high-stakes briefing tied to a dangerous rescue operation in Iran. The reported that Trump was kept on the sidelines during the briefing and received only sporadic updates about the event. Daniel Goldman said the commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting "so crazy," and added, "Trump is not well. We need the 25th amendment before something really bad happens on U.S. soil."
The dispute has widened beyond one briefing and into a broader argument over Trump's judgment, with critics pointing to his controversial Truth Social messages and his confrontation with Pope Leo XIV as further evidence that has intensified calls for his ousting. Sources with knowledge of the situation said Trump himself later remarked, "If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter... it cost them the election."
Ocasio-Cortez did not lay out a formal push to remove Trump, but her remarks made the political warning plain: if Democrats are going to argue that the president cannot be trusted in crisis, the 25th Amendment is no longer a theoretical talking point. It is the next test.