President Donald Trump said Friday that he believes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will eventually seek the presidency, while arguing that she and other progressive Democrats are now attempting to distance themselves from positions they once strongly embraced.

During an interview with Fox News while visiting Long Island, Trump was asked whether he believes the New York congresswoman intends to run for the White House. The question followed renewed speculation about Ocasio-Cortez’s political future after she recently disclosed in online videos that she was freezing her eggs.

“I think so,” Trump replied when asked whether he expects the 36-year-old Democratic lawmaker to launch a presidential campaign.

Trump was also asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s recent remark that “woke 1.0 was crazy,” which many viewed as an effort to separate herself from some of the progressive rhetoric that has become a political liability for several Democratic candidates, including Wisconsin state lawmaker Francesca Hong.

“But if you really look at it, they’re all saying the same thing. They’re all trying to disavow themselves from saying about crime and all, we love sanctuary cities. All of the things that they said they’re now trying to disavow,” Trump told Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams.

The President also criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan over past comments in which he linked football to “toxic masculinity,” colonialism, and slavery.

“Well, it’s a great place when you have Michigan – it’s a great bad place to be saying it,” Trump said sarcastically. “They have a great football team, and the number of great football teams up there that the people love. I would say that that’s a big mistake.”

El-Sayed attended the University of Michigan, whose football program holds the NCAA record for the most victories in college football history. In 2021, he wrote about “the toxic masculinity at the heart of America’s most popular sport.” He also captained his high school football team in suburban Detroit and later played club lacrosse while attending college.

Returning to the issue of immigration, Trump predicted that support for sanctuary city policies would become an increasing political burden for Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats.

“I think you’re going to see sanctuary cities start to end, because sanctuary cities are a disaster. And somebody like her, she was big for sanctuary cities,” he said.