He met with Trump. Trump seemed to really like him. Mamdani kept saying he was going to make NYC great again with his groceries store plan. Trump ate it up and likes to be pictured agreeing with popular people. The right is reacting as weirdly as expected to Trump seemingly agreeing with a leftist juhadist radical Muslim socialist communist anarchist ™. Trump also told Mamdani to continue calling him a fascist. I think he thinks it’s just a mean word used to tease politicians.
I think the post’s contention is whether or not Mamdani was intentionally trolling Trump/the right wing or if he was a playing a socdem political acquiescence or if he’s actually doing actual realpolitik in NYC’s favor. IMO, probably a little of all that.
After the meeting with Trump there was a bunch of “gotcha” questions the reporters asked Mamdani which Trump saved him from. One of them was ‘why did you fly to DC instead of taking the train?’. It was a fair question because the only decent passenger rail in the US is between NYC and DC. This picture was taken on the return.
What was he doing?
He met with Trump. Trump seemed to really like him. Mamdani kept saying he was going to make NYC great again with his groceries store plan. Trump ate it up and likes to be pictured agreeing with popular people. The right is reacting as weirdly as expected to Trump seemingly agreeing with a leftist juhadist radical Muslim socialist communist anarchist ™. Trump also told Mamdani to continue calling him a fascist. I think he thinks it’s just a mean word used to tease politicians.
I think the post’s contention is whether or not Mamdani was intentionally trolling Trump/the right wing or if he was a playing a socdem political acquiescence or if he’s actually doing actual realpolitik in NYC’s favor. IMO, probably a little of all that.
Thanks for the explanation!
Interesting point too.
I just saw this on xhs. TL;DW: he thinks mamdani is another pressure valve to preempt a revolution.
Mamdani 和特朗普会面，my take http://xhslink.com/o/1SQIuTn6gJL Copy and open Xiaohongshu to view the full post！
Guy’s a great follow. Lotta good takes.
He’s right.
I actually meant this 🛩🌇
I think normal people like to post fun things and use emojis. Most people are not poisoned by several layers of irony.
After the meeting with Trump there was a bunch of “gotcha” questions the reporters asked Mamdani which Trump saved him from. One of them was ‘why did you fly to DC instead of taking the train?’. It was a fair question because the only decent passenger rail in the US is between NYC and DC. This picture was taken on the return.
Its an 8.5 hour train ride versus a 1 hour flight. No, its not a fair question.