'Doubling down on stupid': Newsom, AOC, trash Trump at European summit as they raise 2028 profiles
Ocasio Cortez, at Munich Security Conference, says it's time to impose a wealth tax 'expeditiously'
By Paul Steinhauser , Leo Briceno Fox News
Published February 13, 2026 3:44pm EST
Two of President Donald Trump's top Democratic critics are using appearances at a high-profile European gathering to blast the Republican president's agenda and beef up their foreign policy chops on the world state ahead of possible 2028 White House runs.
"Donald Trump is temporary," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday during a climate change discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. "He’ll be gone in three years."
And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, during a town hall at the prestigious conference, pointed to Trump and charged, "We are seeing our presidential administration tear apart the transatlantic partnership, rip up every democratic norm."
Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez are the most well known of a small group of potential Democratic presidential contenders using appearances in Munich to criticize Trump's international agenda and offer a contrast to Vice President JD Vance, the perceived 2028 Republican front-runner, who delivered a scathing attack on Europe during his speech at the security forum last year.
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