AOC would rather see Trump on the golf course than in the Situation Room: 'Not fit to be President'
WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d prefer President Donald Trump swinging golf clubs instead of steering the country through high-stakes decisions.
The New York Democrat was asked about the President’s recent time on the links. Speaking Monday at the Capitol with MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manríquez, Ocasio-Cortez reacted to Trump’s golfing amid tensions tied to the Iran conflict.
“Donald Trump has been playing a lot of golf while we’re at war,” Manríquez said. Prices are going up. What do you make of Donald Trump’s, I guess, work ethic, if you will?”
“Obviously, it’s awful that this guy’s playing golf, but in a way, we’re already seeing that some of the most important military decisionmakers in the country are trying to keep him out of consequential decisions,” Ocasio-Cortez responded. “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.”
AOC: 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 Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room, then he’s not fit to be president. pic.twitter.com/FslM0Eubog
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 20, 2026
Ceasefire doesn’t cool calls for removal.
Ocasio-Cortez didn’t budge even after Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran earlier this month.
“This statement changes nothing,” she posted on X, referring to the President's ceasefire announcement. “Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office.”
This statement changes nothing.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 7, 2026
The President has threatened a genocide against the Iranian people, and is continuing to leverage that threat.
He has launched a massive war of enormous risk and of catastrophic consequence without reason, rationale, nor Congressional… https://t.co/CVZzNtpNvW
During Trump’s first term, some Democrats and liberal commentators floated the idea of invoking the 25th Amendment as a workaround to remove him from power.
Under Section 4 of the amendment, the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declare a President unable to carry out the duties of office. In that scenario, Vice President JD Vance would step in as acting president.
There’s also a second, more complicated route that includes Congress establishing an independent body to assess presidential fitness. But that path would require approval from both Republican-controlled chambers and Trump himself.
Raskin pushes constitutional route, White House fires back
The idea isn’t just theoretical. Last week, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced legislation to create such a commission.
“The Constitution explicitly vests Congress with the authority to create a body that will guarantee the successful continuity of government by responding to presidential incapacity to discharge the powers and duties of office,” Raskin said. “We have a solemn duty to play our defined role under the 25th Amendment by setting up this body to act alongside the Vice President and the Cabinet.”
“Public trust in Donald Trump’s ability to meet the duties of his office has dropped to unprecedented lows as he threatens to destroy entire civilizations,” Raskin added.
The White House wasn’t having it. Spokesperson Davis Ingle dismissed Raskin outright.
“Lightweight Jamie Raskin is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person,” he said. “President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years when Democrats like Raskin intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people.”
