Slop.

I think if he thought the Democrats had a better chance at winning in 2016 he would have run as one instead and I'm not sure if that would be any better but it would certainly be funnier.

I think that, to Trump, "communist" and "fascist" are just mean names to call a politician. So you know, call me a fascist, I'll call you a communist, its all in good fun at the end of the day as long as Trump gets to score points against the dem establishment and distract from Epstein.

The whole thing is a lovefest, I'm cackling. Loved this bit @21:25 where Trump defends Mamdani from a pretty flimsy gotcha question:

REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President. I have a question for you, but a very quick one for the mayor: why did you fly here? Aren't trains greener?
MAMDANI: [laughing] I will use every form of transit and I want to make sure that they're all affordable in New York City and that's why making buses fast and free is a centerpiece of our campaign.
TRUMP: [to reporter] Did you—
REPORTER: There is a bus that goes—
TRUMP: Well, but—I know but if he flew, that's a lot quicker, too. You know, I mean, he's—he's working very hard. For him to be—that's a long—that's a very that's a very long drive. [looking at Mamdani] I'll stick up for you [both smile, Mamdani nods]. You know, the plane takes you 30 minutes and driving takes you a long— [cut off by reporter's next question]

Among many other things, I think Trump feels some genuine camaraderie for someone who has been treated very unfairly by the media.

edit: another good bit @25:19

TRUMP: I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up. You know, I've had a lot of meetings with the heads of major countries. Nobody cared. This meeting that you people have gone cra—you know, outside you have hundreds of people waiting [briefly looks at Mamdani]. This is just a small little group. For some reason, the press has found this to be a very interesting meeting. The biggest people in the world, they come over from countries—nobody cares. But—[gestures at Mamdani] they did care about this meeting. And it was a great meeting.

Another great way to ingratiate yourself with Trump—get him a bunch of press! Dude was eating it up.

Lmao the massive grin on Trump's face during that exchange

Holy hell, I saw that clip of the fascist question a few minutes ago and assumed it was fake. IT WAS REAL?!?! Trump seems totally smitten with him. Did not expect that.

13:50 SOME REPORTER, OFF-SCREEN: The cost of living is something that you and Mr. Mamdani seem to agree on. Democrats have run New York City for a long time, Mr. Mamdani, Do you see Democrat policies specifically as being a problem and [stammering, but basically "I'd like both of you to answer"]

14:10 MAMDANI: Look I think that there are many things in our city where we have to own the responsibility of the things that have existed long before the president was the president and those are also part of the message of our campaign was to take on a broken politics of our past and I ran against a number of candidates which represented different versions of that past, and what we found time and again is that working people were left behind in the politics of our city and what we're looking to do is put those people right back at the heart of our politics so that we don't have a situation where we're in the wealthiest city in the history of the world and yet one in five can't even afford $2.90 for a metro card.

14:45 OFF SCREEN: Mr. President?

14:45 TRUMP: You know we had some interesting conversations and some of his ideas really have - the same ideas I have. But a big thing on cost - you know the new word is affordability, another word is just groceries. It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate. And they're coming down they're coming down. They were - You know we had both of us, we had the highest inflation in the history of our country the last four years under... [dramatic pause] the Biden administration. and we've got inflation down now to our normal numbers, it's going to go even lower than that.

That's roughly it. I transcribed it myself. Might have misplaced an article or changed a "are" to a "were" here or there. You get what you pay for :)

Also,

Donald Trump Will Stancil

"THE ECONOMY IS DOING FINE"

Only Trump could go to New York

Some shitlib talking head was just on CNN saying how Trump loves communists more than americans

I'm almost certain its just that Trump is dumb and the fact that Mamdani is polite and well spoken.

My wife pointed out that, all political theater aside, Trump as corporation still has a lot of economic interest in NYC, especially real estate. So there’s a financial incentive for Trump to schmooze, set up for some favor trading to benefit him.

Mamdanald would be their dbz fusion name when using the dance and Zorhump when it's the earrings.