Jimmy Kimmel gleefully mocks Trump's enthusiastic reaction to meeting Mamdani

"It was like he was giving a wedding toast to his new son-in-law."
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A man in a suit stands on a talk show stage, arms wide and grinning. The caption at the bottom reads, "What a turn of events."
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Trump's White House meeting with new New York mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared to go very well, and nobody was more surprised than Jimmy Kimmel.

In the monologue above the host recaps the meeting between the two former adversaries, during which Trump continually complemented Mamdani and spoke about what a great job he thinks he'll do in New York.

"What a turn of events! It was like he was giving a wedding toast to his new son-in-law," says Kimmel. "It's almost as if – and I know this sounds crazy – it's almost as if Trump doesn't have any real political convictions at all. He just says whatever, whenever."

Elsewhere, Seth Meyers had similar thoughts.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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