President Trump revealed his thoughts about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a new book.
President Trump admits to comparing Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to legendary Argentine figure Eva Perón, commonly known as Evita.
The account is said to be included in the forthcoming book, "American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War," which The Guardian has previewed.
According to the outlet, the book says Trump commented about his first look at Ocasio-Cortez during her New York primary race, saying to his advisers, "I see a young woman ranting and raving like a lunatic on a street corner, and I said: 'That's interesting, go back.'"
Trump is also quoted as recalling: "I called her Eva Perón. I said, 'That's Eva Perón. That's Evita.'"
Perón famously fought to improve the lives of women and the poor as the first lady of Argentina before tragically dying of cancer at the age of 33 in 1952.
Trump reportedly went on to tell the book's author, Tim Alberta, about Ocasio-Cortez: "She's got talent. Now, that's the good news. The bad news: she doesn't know anything. She's got a good sense, an 'it' factor, which is pretty good, but she knows nothing. But with time, she has real potential."
The president spoke about Ocasio-Cortez earlier in the year as well.
"The Green New Deal done by a young bartender, 29 years old," he said at a fundraising event in April. "A young bartender, wonderful young woman, the Green New Deal. The first time I heard it I said, 'That's the craziest thing.'"
