I’d kind of assumed that, in eight years, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had managed to put her Margaret Hoover moment behind her.

In fact, it’s long enough ago that you probably don’t even remember what the “Margaret Hoover moment” was. It’s long enough ago that not only was AOC not being brought up as a plausible presidential candidate back then, she wasn’t even officiallyin Congressyet — although, given the fact she’d won a massive primary upset in a safe Democratic district, it was clear she was going to be and she was the party’s new star.

Appearing on the rebootof “Firing Line” on PBS in July of 2018, AOC was asked by host Hoover what she meant about the phrase “the occupation of Palestine,” something she’d used on the campaign trail. The answer, such as it was, became the stuff of internet legend:

Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks Israel, calls them the occupiers of Palestine.

When pressed on what she meant she struggled to give an answer and then admitted she does not know what she is talking about.pic.twitter.com/e3Uq1eupD3

— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra)July 16, 2018

But, all right: She was green. She wasn’t even “Green New Deal” green yet, but “unelected fresh face appearing on Stephen Colbert” green. Surely things have improved in the eight years since, where she now commands the second-bestoddsin some betting markets for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028, behind California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Right?

And then, taking her talents abroad to Germany for the Munich Security Conference, AOC managed to prove on Friday she hadn’t learned a thing — including about what may be America’s single most important foreign policy issue.

During a panel discussion on populism, moderator Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg TV asked the congresswoman what she would do in the case of mainland China ever invading Taiwan, which it claims is a renegade province that needs to be brought under Beijing’s heel. There’smore and more evidencethat, if there is to be some kind of an invasion, it might well happen under an AOC presidency, if (heaven forbid) there is to be one.

The United States’ policy is one of strategic ambiguity; it’s that simple. AOC could not make it that simple. Instead, she had another Margaret Hoover moment. Yes, eight years after she was elected, and two before she’s probably going to be running for the highest office in the land:

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