Replies to post #553240 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[janice shell]

I don't think he's being a phony about it. How would it help him if he went into that meeting and clashed over everything with Trump?

Yes. There's no reason for him to talk about anything that isn't related to his upcoming job as Mayor of New York. He isn't involved in the federal government, but he does need money from Washington, as every Mayor of New York does. And since he has a great deal of talent, he decided not to bring up anything that wasn't related to New York and what he wants to accomplish there. And that's what made it work. He was totally on topic.

No reason to offer gratuitous insults.

[dukeb]

The reader top NY Times comment about the meeting is very much on point.

Mamdani demonstrated what pusillanimous Congressional Democrats (read: Schumer/Jeffries) still don’t grasp about dealing with a profoundly insecure, grandiose, thin-skinned narcissist who unravels the moment he isn’t being worshipped. Instead of pontificating from afar like the rest of the Dem sheeple, ZM hopped on a plane, waltzed straight into the lion’s den, and managed Trump’s brittle ego with the finesse of someone who understands tactics, strategy, and the art of negotiating with an unstable degenerate.

Trump isn’t just self-absorbed, he’s so catastrophically fragile and pathologically needy that he requires constant stroking or he collapses into sulking and malicious retribution. That’s when he’s dangerous. Getting Trump to lift a finger for New York City has nothing to do with data, reports, or moral reasoning, it’s about handing him an emotional pacifier to keep him from descending into yet another tantrum.

Mamdani proved exactly why he was the most qualified candidate for mayor. He not only comprehends policy, he gets psychology as well. Instead of wasting breath whining about the inevitable, he simply outplayed Trump.

Seeing Trump’s smug face and genial response to being blatantly flattered would normally nauseate me, but this time it wasn’t a ruthless Saudi dictator or an avaricious CEO, it was a man seeking to do something good for humanity!

Call it brilliance, strategic empathy, or political jujitsu. Whatever the label, it worked!

Bravo, Mr. Mamdani!

The problem, of course, is that Dump has no ethos or moral compass. If someone tells him today that Mandami is a "bad hombre" then Dump will revert to his earlier stance of Mandami being subject to deportation and NYC being a cesspool.