Seth Meyers has weighed in on President Donald Trump's meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani last week, joking about the U.S. commander-in-chief's complete capitulation to his charm offensive.
Trump and his supporters made their disdain for Mamdani obvious throughout his mayoral campaign, with right-wing pundits foretelling the fall of New York if he was elected. However, months of this fearful rhetoric was swiftly undercut upon Trump actually meeting Mamdani last Friday.
Meyers noted that Trump seemed practically smitten by Mamdani, even jumping to his defence several times during a press conference.
"That is the flirtiest I've ever heard anyone say, 'you can call me a fascist,'" quipped Meyers. "I've never seen someone so desperate to have another male friend. The nervous smile, the giddy laughter. And look, I'm not judging the man. I've been there."
Elected as New York's next mayor earlier this month, Mamdani has long been a vocal critic of Trump. Considering the president's history of hitting out at his detractors, few likely expected them to be amicable, much less that Trump would apparently try to endear himself to Mamdani.
"[Fox News host] Sean Hannity is like, 'all my friends in New York are scared,'" Meyers said. "And meanwhile Trump is like, 'I have a friend in New York too, his name is Zohran. He's so rad!'"
