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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[–] 58 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Laura Loomer needs to accidentally fall into a wood chipper.

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  • [–] 47 points 11 months ago

    Loomer is just mad she sucked his little mushroom and had to smell his shit filled diaper and got nothing for it.

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago*

    - "I want to make New York City more affordable."

    "Literally Osama."

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  • [–] 88 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    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"?

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    That, and they like how he’s gangster.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Gangster?

    That fat, weak little bitch would last five seconds amongst actual men who live in the real world

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (3 children)

    Agreed. But he talks like a gangster.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Wait, is he an Islamic Jihadist or a radical communist?

    They aren't the same thing......

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    You can’t spell dummy without why

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  • [–] 36 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago

    It physically nauseates me remembering Laura Loomer exists, but you dont see me bragging about it

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    They're getting ready to pick Trump's carcass apart

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    ...cults will cult...

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    This article gives a platform to a bunch of bigoted islamophobes.

    The majority of US Americans want to stop the Israeli genocide.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    He has two occupations: grifting and being a hype-man. This fits with him being a hypeman

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    How the establishment Dems see it:

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I think you underestimate how far to the Right establishment Dems are

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Wait until you hear about what Churchill got up to when Ze Germans weren't on the beaches

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    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.

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  • [+] -25 points 11 months ago (17 children)

    Plot twist: Mamdani is going to do a Fetterman360

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (16 children)

    360°.. so no change in direction?

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  • [+] -25 points 11 months ago (15 children)
  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    "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.

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  • [+] -6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [+] 4 points 11 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] [M] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    We don't allow ableist slurs. Even in images.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [M] 4 points 11 months ago* (4 children)
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    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".

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