Semi-serious answer: Trump's brain is 1s and 0s, "winners" and "losers." This is how he categorizes everything in the world, all his experiences. Mamdani is a winner. Simple as.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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I guess we'll find out soon enough if "last person he talked to completely changes his mind" beats liking winners. I really hope not, because Trump continuing to be mesmerized by Mamdani would be extremely fucking funny and honestly probably materially good. Like, fuck it, if Zohran can shut down ICE raids in NYC by hanging out with Trump and pretending to not despise him for a day/weekend/whatever it takes, sure why not 
He does enjoy winners
exactly
I mean Obama was incredibly popular after his 2008 win and Trump tweeted shit about him every day for 8 years
after Obama made fun of him at a state diner iirc
It's guess that even for Trump there's probably a fine balance between:
- wanting to be seen as a 'winner' by associating yourself to 'winners'; and
- disdain for critics that tarnish your personal image, since that would make you be seen as a 'loser'.
And I'd pretty sure Obama making a joke about Trump hijacked the later in Trump's mind.
Being more realistic through, is that this winners/losers is really an observable tendency in Trumps' decision making process, however the fact is that it's obviously not a binary decision and there's nuance to It, since the human mind is usually not 'rational', not immutable, and also not necessarily consistent, in its decision making process, over time.
not the same as hanging out
Donald had just read The Game (audiobook version) and was negging Obama in order to get the hangout.
But Trumps frame of reference changed from 2008 to 2025. As a media figure in 2008, Obama was a nerd. As a politician in 2025, Mamdani is a winner.
It's been hours and I still can't help but burst into laughter each time I look at his face in this photo. It's just so fucking funny how empty his head is, like so much so that I simply can't imagine what it's like or relate to anyway. But this image so perfectly captures his complete lack of any coherent ideology or any other complex thoughts beyond pure distilled "this guy's a winner and he's being nice to me so now I love him" and that's more than enough to remind me, so it's like a punchline that never gets old. 
He's like a dog who just made a new human friend lmao
Has anyone checked on JD Vance?
Besides ms kirk?
why does he look like a Land of Confusion puppet of himself
*spitting image
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Fast and free busses countrywide coming real soon lesgoo 
did someone say fast and free bussies that are as wide as a country 
why would you want a bussy that's wide as a country? surely you need friction to get goin? 
He looks like he is shitting himself
