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From CNN:

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was pressed Friday on whether he believes President Donald Trump is a fascist.

Standing beside his host in the Oval Office, Mamdani began to answer – until the president, seated, interrupted.

“That’s OK – you can just say yes. That’s easier. It’s easier than explaining,” Trump told his guest, laughing it off as he playfully tapped Mamdani on the arm.

TFW the fascist agrees he is a fascist

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jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

But the two were all smiles throughout, with Trump even siding with the soon-to-be first Muslim mayor of New York over one of his GOP allies, Rep. Elise Stefanik, who’d called Mamdani a “jihadist.”

“She’s out there campaigning and you say things sometimes in a campaign,” Trump said of Stefanik, who’s running for governor of New York. “I met with a man who’s a very rational person. I met with a man who wants to see New York be great again.”

Well that’s not what I expected…

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- ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Seriously, he was just threatening to deport him and his family like a week ago. Demented fuckhead.
  
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MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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smoker@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve seen some word that Trump probably just thinks Mamdani is using “fascist” as a political pejorative - in the same way republicans call their political opponents “communists” or “radical left socialists”.

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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This is the first I’m hearing of this. And, I seriously can’t tell whether you’re joking.

Not for the first time, recently, I ask, “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!”

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- MrSmiley@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The ruling class wear ideology like a suit. It’s political theatre. Power only ever serves itself, right/left have no meaning at the top.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulation_of_elites
  
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  - tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Bingo. See 1984 for details.
    
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Cruel@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t know if this is some sort of joke, but that’s not an agreement. That’s Trump not wanting a convoluted political beating around the bush, which is what Mamdani was about to do. Such a response would feed the media, but just saying yes and Trump shrugging it off sabotages the media’s obvious attempt of pitting them against each other.

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