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[–] einlander@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago

I would never meet trump alone. He may report him right there for any reason.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Mamdani defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo — whom Trump endorsed at the last minute — and Republican Curtis Sliwa, winning over a notable number of Trump supporters in the Nov. 4 election. NBC News exit polls found that 10% of New York City voters who cast ballots for Trump in last year’s presidential election voted for Mamdani.

This is what neoliberals are scared of.

It's not just that Dem voters want to vote for progressives, even MAGA will.

Progressives blow up the two party controlled opposition strategy, because they'll beat maga and neoliberals, and if they reach critical mass, shit will actually get fixed and no neoliberal or maga will ever hold a major seat of power again.

We're at a major tipping point that could fundamentally turn the country around and back in a positive direction

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 17 points 4 months ago

they reach critical mass, shit will actually get fixed and no neoliberal or maga will ever hold a major seat of power agai

People are pretty stupid and would probably fall for maga bullshit again

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'd be scared too, that's way more Trump voters than Kamala got!

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oh fucking hell

Be ready for him to somehow make this worse than the zelensky meeting

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Mayor Mamdani should dress like President Zelensky normally does for the meeting. Or just hints of it.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

I’m so glad this aged like milk.

Trump was glazing Mamdani!

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Trump is a mentally declining egoist. I think this has the potential to be a masterful move by Mamdani. All he has to do is put on a bit of a show, and just stick to his affordability plans (an area Trump has been trying to hit lately) and maybeeee just maybe let Trump think it was his own idea, then bam.

If (big if I know) Trump echoes one of Mamdanis popular positions I bet TONS of right wingers would happily jump on board and the RNC wouldn't be able to close that pandoras box, at least on that particular policy. The biggest road block is whichever of Trumps aides are with him. When they leave him alone it doesn't seem to take much to convince him, like the 50 year mortgage story.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

On the other hand, Mamdani is a brown Muslim socialist immigrant and Trump is an aspiring 21st century Hitler. Uh... I ain't holding my breath.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm confident mamdani will ask trump what his plan to address affordability is and if it is a media circus trump will just Joe Brandon himself by lying about the economy.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump will usually come out agreeing with the last person in the room to say something to him. He’s like a goldfish brain in that respect. So your advisor comment is very apt, will be interesting to see how this goes down.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking about why no one tried to do this with Trump before knowing that even last term all it took was schmoozing and compliments to get on his good side, then I realized the massive media blitz they used to try and stop Mamdani combined with his popularity and win is exactly what gave him such a unique and elevated platform from which to do it. Hilarious and very smart imo. Mamdani knows how to play the game for certain.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Mamdani’s natural talents are a big part of the equation, I agree. He’s just a great politician, and seems to have a good platform.

As for why Dems didn’t do this before, there are likely several reasons. Primarily, garbage leadership. They decided declaring Trump public enemy #1 and fundraising on fears of what he might do was the best approach. They made a lot of money doing this, but at what cost? Lost all branches of government. Historic losses in state seats. And worst of all, they manufactured consent for all of Trump’s worst authoritarian tendencies.

Republicans are evil, but Dems are god awful at politics. In that regard, I think Trump rightly recognizes that politicians like Mamdani are in fact the future of the Dem party, if it can survive to see the day.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The handful of MAGAs still left in my social feed jumped on releasing the epstein files as soon as Trump flipped. Shits hilarious. So yeah, I agree, trump's statements are these people's beliefs at the drop of a tweet

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Can't wait for this "meltdown"!

Is there a pool for what racial slurs he lets out?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

EDIT: It wasn't a trap? It went WELL?? I'm speechless.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What assurances do we have that he won't be arrested on some made up charge? I'd do a video call if it was me.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I’d actually riot if that happened.

[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He better kick fucking ass.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Physically.