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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    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

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      2 hours 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