Look, Trump is a human being in an incredible distortion sphere. His actions/reactions tend to skew more “interpersonal” and emotional than Machiavellian, like how he acts immediately after he meets Zelensky or a lawmaker or sees a bad Tweet or whatever; he was like before politics.
Step in Trump’s shoes: he sees Mamdani on Fox News, on his Twitter feed, from his circle: this guy is Socialist Satan from his perspective.
Then the guy walks into Trump’s office, as is actually super nice and reasonably balanced, and loves New York too? He’s clearly not an alien lizard like a Clinton.
I’m not surprised Trump reacted this way at all. It’s totally in character. And if you understand this, you understand why Trump has so much popularity: in spite of the massive toxicity he commands, he’s quite human for a politician.
Hasan made a good point today that supports what you said: On a normal day, Trump is surrounded by people like JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, Pete Hegseth etc. - slimy spineless weirdos. Even to an asshole like Trump, it’s probably a breath of fresh air to have to deal with a completely normal, cool guy for a change.
…It’s because Mamdani is not a jerk?
Look, Trump is a human being in an incredible distortion sphere. His actions/reactions tend to skew more “interpersonal” and emotional than Machiavellian, like how he acts immediately after he meets Zelensky or a lawmaker or sees a bad Tweet or whatever; he was like before politics.
Step in Trump’s shoes: he sees Mamdani on Fox News, on his Twitter feed, from his circle: this guy is Socialist Satan from his perspective.
Then the guy walks into Trump’s office, as is actually super nice and reasonably balanced, and loves New York too? He’s clearly not an alien lizard like a Clinton.
I’m not surprised Trump reacted this way at all. It’s totally in character. And if you understand this, you understand why Trump has so much popularity: in spite of the massive toxicity he commands, he’s quite human for a politician.
Trump was friends with the Clintons before he ran for president against Hillary Clinton.
Trump also became friendly with Kim Jong Un after they met, having previously threatened him with nuclear war.
Hasan made a good point today that supports what you said: On a normal day, Trump is surrounded by people like JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, Pete Hegseth etc. - slimy spineless weirdos. Even to an asshole like Trump, it’s probably a breath of fresh air to have to deal with a completely normal, cool guy for a change.
Let me stop ya right there…
I mean… dude is not a deity…
Not having humanity =/= not being a human
Hm good point.
Let’s just say trump barely qualifies as a primate, with no offense intended to the primates of the world.