Trump gives Mamdani permission to call him a Fascist in response to a reporters question

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That is a bizarre interaction.

Lmao

I hope this makes a big mess on the right. That would be so fucking funny.
- This meeting has pissed off both parties.

So either Mamdani lied to us, or he tricked Trump in what he going do.
- There is a third option. Trump is a fool with a brain of mush and Mamdani was just personable and vaguely flattering while sticking to his agenda. Trump believes whomever speaks to him.
  
  Yeah, we could have gotten Medicare for all in 2017 if we'd called it The Donald J. Trump Make Healthcare Great Again Act. Mitch McConnell figured this out on day 1; why hasn't Chuck Schumer?
  
  No! Only dems bad, no third thing!
  But srs yeah I think that’s exactly it. Trump was charmed and wanted some of his mojo. Mamdani probably “said very nice things about [him]” which is a big deal for him, and Mamdani thereby jiu-jitsu’ed the fascists in the White House who now have to tread on eggshells all night while they work with trump’s television to get him back in the furious zone.
  I mean. Trump so desperately wants NYC to love him, he’ll do anything, and Mamdani was smart enough to let him.
- Trump and the far-right regularly just sling politically charged insults around so Mamdini calling Trump a Fascist is, to them, just part of Zorahn's political performance using aggressive politically charged language to stirr up his voter base; because that's what Trump and the far-right do. Lie, stirring words to whip the crowd up in a frenzy around some imaginary and inaccurate ideal of the past. Then they get in power and when they try to implement policies they just end up breaking things and letting the true fascistic, elitist, and racist political theorists write their policies for them (Project 2025).
  Whereas Zorahn is actually politically educated and is likely using the word Fascist to describe Trump because that's what Trump is acting like and is using logic and reason to appeal to his voter base by calling a flapping quacking duck a fucking duck: honest and direct words about the state of affairs and what should be done to fix it.
  To Trump, Zohran just looks like the other side of the same shitcoin. But if Zohran actually implements his proposed policies, he'll be demonstrating that he's actually got value.
  (The metaphor got away from me at the end there)
  
  Nah it made perfect sense. Trump treats name calling like part of the game to keep people enraged but unactionable, where as Mamdani hopefully wants recognition of the problem so actual action and plans can be made about it

Mamdani doesn't need his permission, but at least trump admitted what he is.

That is a "call me whatever you want, like I give a shit" move, locked in with some uninvited and unreciprocated back-slapping. Slimy.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypocrisy

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