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Andrew Roth in Washington

AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’ at Munich conference

A woman speaks to a crowd while seated.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a panel on populism at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on Friday in Munich, Germany. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe and of seeking to introduce an “age of authoritarianism”, as she condemned his administration’s foreign policy in front of its allies’ top policymakers at the Munich Security Conference.

Speaking at a panel on populism on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez outlined what she called an “alternative vision” for a leftwing US foreign policy, challenging the Trump administration’s shift to the right in front an audience of US allies who have grown increasingly wary of the US’s increasingly nationalist – and militaristic – global posture.

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