Donald Trump made a comment over the weekend that stunned political observers and experts alike, and had some asking, "Is this real?"
The president on Saturday was discussing his administration's successful mission to capture the leader of Venezuela, as well as his wife, when Trump made the remark.
"All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot," Trump said. "They now call it the Donroe Document. I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."
Regarding Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" comment, Dem Congresswoman Madeleine Dean said it was revealing.
"He talked about the Monroe Doctrine, tried to call it the Donroe Doctrine. The only reason anybody would talk about the Monroe Doctrine and in some vain moment, call it the Donroe Doctrine, is if you are in an expansionist war," she added, claiming, "The president revealed his hands."
The comment stood out to others online, too.
Chuck Todd, host of the Chuck ToddCast, asked, "Who needs The Onion. Hey kids, let’s talk about the 'Donroe Doctrine.'"
Democratic strategist Michelle Kinney, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Seneca Project, a federal Super PAC, also chimed in:
"Oh my god how is this real."
The New Yorker's John Cassidy posted a profane meme asking, "What the f----?"
Professor Christopher Rhodes noted, "I write about the Monroe Doctrine (as well as Manifest Destiny) in my new book and discuss how Trump has seemed to embrace those principles in his new term."
"But now he's not only invoking the Monroe Doctrine but making a literal mockery of it," he further added. "Disturbing times."
Diplomat Tom Malinowski added, "It’s called the Putin doctrine in Europe and the Xi Jinping doctrine in Asia."
Ex-GOP strategist Jeff Timmer also said, "The Donroe Doctrine = Trump is the stupidest motherf------ oaf in this, or any any hemisphere."
