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Trump Mamdani plot twist: Donald Trump is now Zohran Mamdani’s biggest fan

On 21 November, Donald Trump — the leader of the American right — met with Zohran Mamdani — the rising star of the American left. While many expected a Zelensky-style showdown, others predicted the president would continue his uninterrupted run of fawning over hot winners:


Mr Mamdani goes to Washington

In the clip above, Mamdani had just begun answering when Trump said he didn’t have to and fondly tapped him on the arm. And this wasn’t the only strange moment:

Trump said he will “stick up” for Mamdani, which must have been a very strange thing to hear for the incoming mayor:


Lest we forget, this is what Trump was saying during the mayoral race:


That feeling you have from switching between the two tweets is ‘whiplash’, and if there was any way of holding president Trump to account he would be liable for your injuries.

Trump also went after current mayor Eric Adams:

This highlights how much Trump hates losers and loves winners, especially as it’s widely suspected the Trump admin made a deal with Adams to help the outgoing mayor get off with corruption charges. If Adams had stayed in the mayoral race and beat Mamdani, he would have been in the White House getting his tummy rubbed; instead he’s in Israel saying shit like this:

Very normal stuff!

Trump-Mamdani—Popular support

As Lewis Goodall noted, while Mamdani isn’t right wing, he is most certainly a populist, and this no doubt appealed to Trump:


People are jokingly suggesting that Trump has had a communist conversion:

While this is obviously a joke, we can’t rule it out entirely:

Some of Trump’s most ardent supporters, however, are deeply confused by the turn of events:

Of course, the meeting did present an issue for Mamdani. While Trump is a vile individual, he’s also — unfortunately — very funny and charming in certain situations. This can make handling a happy Trump more difficult than managing a belligerent Trump for someone like Mamdani, and the incoming mayor has received criticism:

Fair play to Mamdani, though, he did speak out against Israel’s genocide:

As people have noted, Trump’s indifference to this could be a further sign that Israel is falling out of favour with the American right — something which the Zionists are livid about:

All in all, then, just another uniquely strange day in the history of American politics.

Featured image via the Canary

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.