Trump and Mamdani’s friendly assembly: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: President Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s friendly Oval Office assembly.
I used to be shocked to see President Trump suckered in by the mayor-elect (“Zo the big apple of his eye,” Nov. 22).
Zohran Mamdani will play good till Trump’s out of workplace, and then he’ll revert to his true self.
Leopards don’t change their spots; Mamdani is a socialist and antisemite.
It’s too dangerous Trump didn’t carry up the subject of antisemitism.
It would have been fascinating to see the mayor-elect’s response.
Herb Mordkoff
Rockaway, NJ
Trump outmaneuvered the Democrats by bringing Mamdani into his orbit — although solely time will inform if their relationship stays constructive.
Ed Houlihan
Ridgewood, NJ
Mamdani has troubling anti-American and anti-Israel views and has been related to terrorists and Hamas sympathizers.
Yet Trump appeared he would cooperate and give attention to their shared targets for New York City.
He displayed self-discipline, restraint and a willingness to reveal management reasonably than pettiness.
With this conduct, Trump confirmed that one ought to keep buddies close however enemies nearer, leaving the ball in Mamdani’s court docket.
Hopefully, that is for the great of the nation.
Tove Elisabeth Rooney
Melbourne, Fla.
I hope no one thinks Trump promised Mamdani something.
He solely talked in generalities, saying he agrees that it will be great if Mamdani may make New York City safer and more inexpensive.
He didn’t promise to finance something particular.
This means completely nothing.
All Trump actually did was say “good luck.”
David Lipton
Toms River, NJ
There is maybe no surer signal of a severe character flaw in a political chief than Trump’s reward.
Russian President Vladimir Putin?
Trump has known as him a “great guy.”
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un?
They actually wrote one another love letters.
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas?
Trump is fond of him, too.
So is it any shock that when Trump met Mamdani, it was love at first sight?
Stephen Silver
San Francisco, Calif.
Trump absolutely is aware of that you simply don’t appease antisemites; you confront them.
By cordially greeting Mamdani within the White House, Trump missed the chance to publicly confront one.
Gerald Jacobs
Boca Raton, Fla.
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The assembly was a nauseating show of obsequiousness on the president’s half.
Mamdani is a Hamas-loving, terrorist supporter in sheep’s clothes and Trump ought to by no means have handled him with child gloves.
Of course, neither of them actually trusts the opposite, however Trump didn’t need to get Mamdani off the hook when a reporter requested him if he nonetheless thought Trump was a fascist.
Nor did Trump need to throw Elise Stefanik underneath the bus and say that Mamdani shouldn’t be a jihadist.
David Rabinovitz
Brooklyn
For appearances sake, Trump made good to his visitor.
At the identical time, he scored huge by making everybody completely happy.
Trump thrives on being a welcoming host on his own turf, but it surely’s additionally the place he excels in sizing up his nemeses.
The handshakes, strokes and pats are all half of his repertoire.
Ronald Frank
West Orange, NJ
This out-of-left area bromance between Trump and Mamdani is on par with the love fest between Trump and North Korea’s “little rocket man.”
Like the latter, this odd couple is certain to hit the skids — except Trump has given up on his declare that America won’t ever develop into a socialist nation.
James Hyland
Beechhurst
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