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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.

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're projecting competence on Trump

Trump is strong to the weak and weak to the strong. He's surrounded with people without backbones, both his sycophants and enemies are whiney little pieces of shit

Mamdani has actual beliefs and is unapologetic. He stole massive amounts of voters away from Trump in Trump's home city. Mamdani has the kind of mandate Trump likes to pretend he has

Trump just likes Mamdani. He wants Mamdani to like him. It's that simple

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

seriously, Trump isnt playing 4d chess...

he doesn't know how to play regular chess

hell, he doesn't know how to play checkers

even before losing what little of his brain he had to dementia the man was dumb as shit

it's wild to me just how much damage one random television show (the apprentice) could cause, by convincing so many people trump is actually competent