Trump charms Mamdani, surprising critics and business alike with a friendly meeting.
Oh, I know: The PJ Media audience wanted to see President Donald Trump take a blowtorch to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, holding him accountable for his Marxist rhetoric, welcoming him to the D.C. Big Leagues with some Trumpian chin music.
It’s not your fault. Earlier Oval Office onslaughts whetted your appetite: “Trump’s tangle with Zelensky was pretty good. So [gets popcorn] this Mamdani mele oughta be a doozy. Beer me!”
And now you’re disappointed — or maybe, deep in your heart, even a little embarrassed — by the total lack of Mamdanian mayhem. You were expecting World War III and received a bouquet of flowers! Worst pay-per-view ever!
Good. Hold onto that thought. (We’ll double-back in a sec.)
If President Trump’s goal was to impress a conservative audience, believe me, his meeting with Mamdani would’ve gone 100% differently. Trump understands the MAGA audience better than anyone alive, because he’s the one who built it. Besides, he’s a natural-born entertainer; he knows how to put on an exciting, must-see TV show — and it’s simply not in his DNA to duck a fight (or button his lip). We’re talking about a guy who called a reporter “piggy” just a few days ago, so let’s not pretend like he’s shy about expressing himself!
But instead, President Trump turned the charm up all the way, batted his eyes, and was a total sweetheart to Mamdani. He killed him with kindness.
That’s because Trump’s target audience wasn’t conservatives. It was the radical leftists and the New York business community.
As we discussed yesterday, Mamdani is trapped between two worlds:
On one hand is his radical leftist base, who want him to torch the White House today — and blast that lousy racist/Islamophobic/Zionist/sexist Nazi out of the water. They fantasize that Mamdani will look Trump squarely in the eye and tell him point-blank to go [censored] himself.
