Trump said he would even be comfortable moving back to New York City and living there with Mamdani as mayor, saying he was surprised how much they had in common.
For months, Donald Trump warned New Yorkers against electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor, referring to him as a “communist lunatic.” Mamdani, meanwhile, called Trump a “despot.”
All of that was put aside in an extraordinary Oval Office get-together Friday, the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.
Trump, who sought to kneecap Mamdani during the campaign, was exceedingly complimentary of the self-described democratic socialist, while Mamdani repeatedly talked up his hope that he and the president could work together to lower costs for New Yorkers.
It could be as simple as him demonizing every Democrat by default, but when he actually talks to Mamdani he saw he was just a person, and a charming one at that.
I think part of the reason Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the governor race in Virginia is because she actually went into red areas and talked to Trump voters face to face. It’s harder to demonize people when you have met them and they didn’t kill your wife or turn your dog trans.
But after Trump spends a few days back in his sycophant and Fox News echo chamber he will go right back to bad-mouthing Mamdani.
I’m trying to parse this but I just don’t get it.
The only explanation I can come up with is simply that Trump identifies Mamdani as a popular democratically elected official, and wants to share some of that sunshine.
Still weird as hell.
Trump’s brain is mush. Mamdani is very well spoken and can easily navigate a positive conversation with someone like Trump. I bet it was as simple as discussing how much he loves NYC and broadly covering some basic economic policy that will make everyday New Yorkers richer.
It seems obvious in retrospect. Mamdani spends a day talking so the president to get on his good side, suddenly he doesn’t have (ALL of) MAGA calling for his deportation.
In every pic mandami is blocking his junk like trump is trying to get at it
He’s a narcissist and is easily charmed.
He sees Mamdani as a “winner” and therefore feels compelled to cosy up to him to enlarge his own ego.
Trump knows a handsome man when he sees one
And oh how he’s missed hanging out with handsome men
I bet he tried to blow him.
If I didn’t know Trump was a flip flopping erratic personality him saying they have a lot on common would be very concerning lol.
Trump has no spine of his own. He just likes the last person who talked to him. See: Zelensky/Putin flipflopping
Yup. I’m sure Truth Social will go nuclear on Mamdani about two minutes after his next meeting with Steven Miller.
Trump becoming submissive and breedable when faced with a strong man.
(Kill me).
Yeah, this was so bizarre to watch. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Trump acting like a proud father, I mean with good reason, seeing as how Don Jr and Eric are the textbook definition of the term “fail son”
