President Donald Trump called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "wonderful young bartender" w hile speaking at an annual leadership meeting for the Republican Jewish Coalition.

hile speaking at an annual leadership meeting for the "No I like her," Trump said. "She's 29 years old."

In the same breath, Trump also knocked Ocasio-Cortez's signature program proposal, the Green New Deal , which aims to fight climate change through investments in infrastructure, jobs, and transportation.

Trump called the deal "the biggest government power grab in US history."

At a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in which he attempted to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election campaign, President Donald Trump weighed in on an unlikely subject: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Trump, whose foray into New York real estate began in his early 20s, referred to Ocasio-Cortez as a "wonderful young bartender." Prior to joining Congress, Ocasio-Cortez worked as a bartender and waitress until late 2017. Trump's comment elicited widespread laughter and cheers from the crowd.

"No I like her," Trump said. "She's 29 years old."

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In the same breath, the president also knocked Ocasio-Cortez's signature proposal, the Green New Deal, which he called "the biggest government power grab in US history." The plan aims to fight climate change while stimulating the US economy through investments in infrastructure, jobs, and transportation.

In his speech on Saturday, Trump referred to the Green New Deal as a "one-trillion-dollar" plan — a reference to the annual cost of fulfilling the deal's ambitious agenda. The conservative think tank American Action Forum estimated that the deal could cost between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over the next decade.

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting, Saturday April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. Associated Press/Jacquelyn Martin

Trump has previously criticized the plan for "taking away" cars and airplanes — a claim that's been proven false, though the plan does call for reducing emissions by investing in public transportation, high-speed rail, and zero-emission vehicles. He's also recently become dismissive of Ocasio-Cortez's career history.

At a speech on Friday, the congresswoman defended her previous work experience against the president's commentary.

"I'm proud to be a bartender — ain't nothing wrong with that," she said. "There is nothing wrong with being a working person in the United States of America and there is everything dignified about it."