Fresh off flipping his position on releasing the Epstein files, Trump II changed on his characterization of New York mayor elect Zohran Mamdani. Trump II's recent election defeats have him searching for a way to manipulate independent voters back into his camp.
Independents joined in Fall 2024 for economic reasons and have been extremely disappointed in Trump's tampering with nearly everything, while ignoring ever increasing prices. Independent voters fled the Red Team in a huge way causing recent election victory margins of 14-16%. Those are mandates, anti-Trump mandates.
Trump II will do whatever he needs to in the present moment to reveal his greatness. There are no consistent, underlying principles or foundational beliefs. Every issue and event exists to reflect Trump II's magnificence and brilliance such that the world can bow down and say, "thank you Daddy."
Trump's earliest and biggest supporter, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is leaving Congress in January. She offered this on social media:
“If I am cast aside by MAGA Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor class that can’t even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well,”Apparently, Marjorie saw the guest list for the Black-Tie White House dinner with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That's exactly who attended.
Trump II needs Mamdani's popularity to rub off on him. Trump needs to be seen as committed to alleviating what Mamdani has referred to as a "cost of living crisis."
Today's bear hug in the Oval Office began Trump's usurping of Mamdani's biggest strength in order to make up for Donald's biggest weakness.
Don't donate more than a pint of public goodwill, Zohran. Trump will take it all.
