Members of rightwing base disorientated by cordial Oval Office meeting – but not all Trump supporters downcast
A flurry of social media posts from MAGA influencers have laid bare the disorientation felt by members of Trump’s base at the spectacle of Friday’s cordial Oval Office meeting with Mamdani, who the president previously painted as a “communist lunatic”.
“Wild to allow a jihadist communist to stand behind the president’s desk in the Oval Office. Sad to see,” wrote far-right activist Laura Loomer, one of Trump’s most fervent online backers.
She returned to the theme several times. “I had to drink a bottle of ginger ale today after seeing Mamdani in the Oval Office because it physically nauseates me seeing Islamic jihadists infiltrate our government and continue to get a pass to promote Islamic jihad and anti-American values with zero push back,” Loomer wrote.
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FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 88 pts · 273d
It's hilarious to see them realise that he's a fucking idiot
Having said that, didn't they often say 'I like him because I can relate to him"?
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 273d
That, and they like how he’s gangster.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 18 pts · 273d
Gangster?
That fat, weak little bitch would last five seconds amongst actual men who live in the real world
stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 273d
To be fair, it's strongly suspected that Trump had extensive ties to the New York Mafia.
I mean, Jesus Christ, he was a real estate developer in New York in the '70s and '80s. There's no possible way he wasn't in bed with the mob.
Say what you will about Trump, he's probably closer to gangster than like 99% of us.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 273d
and Guiliani cleared the path for him to grow in NY with Cohen and his mob buddies.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 272d
Me hanging around geniuses hasn't made me any smarter
He's a pansy little bitch
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 273d
Agreed. But he talks like a gangster.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 273d
No he doesn't, he talks like a fucking idiot. He fried his brain from too many amphetamines, which is very apparent in his late night Twitter rants to anyone with experience taking that class of drugs.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 272d
You took the words right out of my mouth
He doesn't talk like a gangster
He talks like a spoilt child
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 272d
The only way Trump is "like a gangster" is that both mistake fear of being harmed for respect.
xyzzy@lemmy.today · 58 pts · 273d
Bababasti@feddit.org · 34 pts · 273d
arin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 273d
She did, at least what's left of her brains have. Only explanation for her.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 273d
..in Minecraft
ProfThadBach@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 273d
Loomer is just mad she sucked his little mushroom and had to smell his shit filled diaper and got nothing for it.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 273d
And the funny thing is that after the meeting Mamdani still publicly says that morning changed and he stands behind what he said about him.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 32 pts · 273d
It physically nauseates me remembering Laura Loomer exists, but you dont see me bragging about it
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 273d
- "I want to make New York City more affordable."
"Literally Osama."
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 25 pts · 273d
Wait, is he an Islamic Jihadist or a radical communist?
They aren't the same thing......
VoodooAardvark@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 272d
Well you see the definition doesn’t matter for the folks who just use them as stand-in’s for “un-American”.
Auk@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 273d
You can’t spell dummy without why
MajinBlayze@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 273d
You just did?
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 273d
No it's: D U M M Y W I T H O U T W H Y
fonix232@fedia.io · -1 pts · 273d
y. pronounce it.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 8 pts · 273d
igrek?
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 273d
English scares me
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 272d
It's fair to say both sides are very confused about how it went down.
Soup@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 272d
I’m curious to know what happened but, as a sane person who understands and accepts that Trump’s mental state is in complete disarray, I’m not exactly confused.
For all the people who still believe that Trump is a super strong, super smart, all-American mega patriot who loves capitalism and hates brown people this must be bewildering. And with all the jokes about him swooning over Mamdani I mean damn, their MAGA leader being in love with a muslim, african immigrant man must be breaking them.
mcv@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 272d
It's been clear for some time that Trump must be very easy to manipulate if you know how to approach him. But most people end up debasing and humiliating themselves to win Trump over.
The way Mamdani won over Trump, who previously hated him and saw him as a massive threat, while keeping his dignity and even getting permission to call Trump a fascist, you can't deny that's spectacular. Even if you know it should be theoretically possible, it's amazing to see someone actually do it. Especially someone as leftwing as Mamdani.
But that means he knows how to package his message, how to appeal to people and how to win them over. It would be amazing if Mamdani could also win over the many working class Trump voters in the US.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 272d
Sure, you're special. Thanks for sharing.
Soup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 272d
I literally explained the difference and put myself as not special but ok, buddy.
tym@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 272d
Damage@feddit.it · 9 pts · 273d
They're getting ready to pick Trump's carcass apart
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 273d
This article gives a platform to a bunch of bigoted islamophobes.
The majority of US Americans want to stop the Israeli genocide.
notsure@fedia.io · 4 pts · 273d
...cults will cult...
Aljernon@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 272d
He has two occupations: grifting and being a hype-man. This fits with him being a hypeman
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 272d
How the establishment Dems see it:
Aljernon@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 272d
I think you underestimate how far to the Right establishment Dems are
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 271d
Wait until you hear about what Churchill got up to when Ze Germans weren't on the beaches
Aljernon@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 270d
British Imperialism?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 269d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Winston_Churchill
Churchill would have been a Nazi if he was born German. There's no underestimation, the imperialist conflicts between evil and lesser evil is nothing new.
Aljernon@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 269d
Quite often Nazism didn't appeal to the upper class German Monarchists. Here's an illuminating read from the 1940s: https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -27 pts · 273d
Plot twist: Mamdani is going to do a Fetterman360
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 273d
360°.. so no change in direction?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -27 pts · 273d
It is literally a meme
Imagine being such a boomer lmao
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 273d
Wow. What a stupid meme.
MrSmith@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 272d
"Quick, go to knowyourmeme and type in '360' in the search bar so people don't think I can't tell angles"
Pulls out an obscure meme from 14 years ago and calls someone a boomer.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -8 pts · 272d
I can see that school system in the US suffered a lot. Like even if my wildest dreams I wouldn’t come up with as much shit as you just did. I am amazed.
And yes, the meme is old, I was there when it happened. However, I’m still a lot less of a boomer than people acting as if it is the first time on the internet.
Now shoo shoo. And don’t drink the leaded water.
MrSmith@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 272d
Fine. I'll be walking away. From you.
So... I need to turn... how many degrees?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 272d
Hihihi. Boomer humor is so good.
pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 273d
jordanlund@lemmy.world MOD · 2 pts · 273d
We don't allow ableist slurs. Even in images.
thundermoose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 272d
Honest question: where is there a slur in that link? I'm not sure if I'm just missing it or if there's a word I don't know is considered a slur now in there.
jordanlund@lemmy.world MOD · 4 pts · 272d
https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur
thundermoose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 272d
I didn't see that word in there. I did see something like "stupid sack of shit" but I don't recall seeing that specific slur. Maybe I missed it, can't see the link anymore though.
MrSmith@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 272d
The article talks about using the word specifically when talking about intellectually disabled people / using it to attack the minority.
I think nobody, in the entire lemmy community, is doing that.
If you are just banning the world, the next combination of words that will become a slur will be "intellectually disabled".
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -5 pts · 273d
I guess that’s boomer humor
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 273d
What's a meme?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 272d
Yes.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 273d
So fucking dumb.