Why Trump’s Warm Oval Office Meeting With Mamdani Was a Brilliant Political Move
President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with New York’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani left many scratching their heads. The meeting didn’t fit any predicted script. Why give this socialist firebrand the honor of an Oval Office meeting? What could he possibly gain? The chatter missed the obvious. I suspect that Trump entered that meeting with a calculated plan, and the whole thing looked like another example of him staying ten steps ahead.
It’s classic Trump 4D Chess, and I’ll tell you why.
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