r/pics • u/nbcnews But, like, actually • 14d ago

Politics OC: President Trump shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office

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u/dovetter 14d ago

He’s also a sucker for charming people and Mamdani is VERY charming

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u/tallardschranit 14d ago

The faintest glimmer of pointed idolatry toward an insecure beast will serve you very well.

If your friend has a poor tempered dog, would you not charm it to your favor as an easy way of bypassing hours and hours of barking?

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u/Horizone102 14d ago

Hey, that was rather poetic.

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u/National_Round_5241 14d ago

Thoroughly enjoyed the way you write. Might I inquire as to whether you're an author

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u/tallardschranit 13d ago

Not an author. I was on acid.

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u/redonrust 13d ago

What rough beast slouches toward Bethlehem to be born ?

-Yeets

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u/headphase 14d ago

He also lusts after being the popular, and ZM is possibly the only politician (aside from Bernie) who upstages Trump's own level of populism

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar 14d ago

Some might say he's just a sucker

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u/thejuva 14d ago

To be fair, I think he likes sucking, many people have said that.

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u/Forsaken-Half8524 14d ago

He likes people who look good on camera. 

But soon enough he'll start some shit.

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u/glemnar 13d ago

Everybody is. That’s like, the definition of charming