Donald Trump compared Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Evita (and she seems to enjoy it)

Donald Trump compared Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Eva Peron in an interview for the book "American Carnage," the journalist of Policy Tim Alberta, according to a New York Post report. The President of the United States made this comparison between the Democratic MP and "the standard bearer of the humble" as a compliment, although she had previously discredited Ocasio-Cortez as the "whimsical" caller.

In the interview, Trump tells the first time that he saw Ocasio-Cortez on television, while he was in the middle of a campaign against Congressman Joe Crowley: "I have saw a young woman talking and raving like crazy in the street and I have interesting, returns ". Asked by the young congressman about her opinion, the president adds, "He has talent, it's good news, the bad news is that he knows nothing. X factor, which is a very good thing, but he knows nothing.But over time, there is a lot of potential.I called him Eva Perón.I said & # 39; Is Eva Perón, it's Evita ".

As The Guardian reports, This is the first time Trump makes this comparison, but not the first time he talks about Evita. In a 2014 book, the president said that Evita, the history of Argentine politics presented at the theater by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, was his favorite show on Broadway, to which he came more than six times . Perhaps, as stated in an article on ABC, because of the similarities between Perón, a radio soap opera star who has embraced politics and Trump, a star of realities from television who became president. UK Premier Margaret Tatcher is another big fan of the Broadway musical. She expressed admiration for attending the musical presented in London's West End in 1978.

Ocasio-Cortez replied to the president via his Twitter account with two sentences of Eva Perón herself, which seems to indicate that the congressman is flattered by the comparison: "I know that, like any woman in town, I have more strength than I look at it" and "I have seen for a long time how few wealthy families have accumulated all the power of Argentina in their hands, and the government has set up eight-hour days, sick leave, and a fair wage for those in need. have the opportunity. "

Of modest origin, Eva Perón has moved from Junín to Buenos Aires with 15 years devoted to acting. She has gained some renown for her roles in theater, soap operas and movies. In 1945, he married Juan Domingo Perón and, after his appointment to the presidency a year later, he became first lady.

From then on, it has taken a central position on social and labor rights, paying particular attention to women's issues. In 1947, he won the suffrage of women in his country and, in 1949, he founded the Party of Female Peronism, composed only of women and with 33% of posts obtained by Peronism. Thanks to this measure, in 1951, 23 deputies and 6 senators were elected. This party included, without distinction, employed and homemakers, domestic workers and rural workers.

Its silhouette, over the years, has reached the status of pop icon after the Broadway musical and "Evita", a film based on the musical starring Madonna.