Trump: ‘I don’t mind AOC that much’
The most interesting thing here is Trump drawing a line between two progressive women of color, praising one while attacking the other. This is a personal ranking, and it tells you more about Trump's instincts than about either lawmaker. He sees Omar as a symbol of the anti-Israel faction in the Democratic Party, which he can use to rally his base, while Ocasio-Cortez, for all her socialism, has become a mainstream celebrity who might be harder to caricature.
I'd want to know if this is a one-off or a strategy. Trump has a history of singling out individuals he thinks he can split from their coalition, and Ocasio-Cortez is popular enough that a soft touch might just be smart politics. But it's also possible he genuinely finds her less grating, which says something about how the two operate in the public eye. Either way, for Democrats, this is a reminder that their left wing is not a monolith, and that the GOP will pick and choose which voices to amplify. I don't think it changes the 2024 math, but it's a small tell about how Trump reads the room.