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Sigi Scigliano's avatar

Being a NYC girl originally…. We NYC people don’t fall for the illusions… nor will the world! Blasting the world with peace, kindness, compassion, and abundance of love! ❤️☮️🕉️🙏🏼❤️

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Rebecca Suzanne's avatar

Thanks for sharing your insight, Sigi. It is hard for me across the country in Oregon to know intricacies. But, it seems Mamdani has the upper hand in the brains dept.

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Sigi Scigliano's avatar

We NYC people ( though I live in CA now plus 40 other places in this amazing world) will stand for peace, justice and freedom for ALL! Sending you and all the world so much love!❤️🕯️☮️🕉️🙏🏼❤️

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Barb W.  aka Ra✨'s avatar

🙌🏽🕊️❤️

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Lisa Maier's avatar

Isn’t charm a defining characteristic of a sociopath?

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Marianne Williamson's avatar

yep

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Kevin White's avatar

Trump is following the old adage, Keep your friends close and your enemies, and detractors, closer. Then again, one wonders if Trump has any true friends.

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Kat Hitchcock's avatar

Yes, malignant narcissists are charming. Incredibly so.

I barely survived divorcing one and now live to tell the tale.

Their devastation goes deep and wide and lasts for generations.

They are dangerous psychopaths. Make no mistake. Ignore the charm or you're lost.

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Robert Thibodeau's avatar

Tough room whoever wherever you go. May truth prevail and highest love win. Thanks for your booster rockets and holy persistence. We will soon enough see where it goes next.

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Gertrude Lyons's avatar

I am so grateful for your clarity! I also think it’s so important to remember how calculating and manipulative he is and I can see how anyone that wavers on this can be easily swayed by his clever acting. Heck for a minute I wanted to believe it-looking for any hope that there may be some decency in there.

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Daryl Stouffer's avatar

I totally agree! Trump is a master manipulator, con artist and a malignant narcissist. Never trust anything he says.

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Marie's avatar

I read a piece that said Mamdani did what no other Democrat has been able to do since 2016, which was to disarm Trump, while standing strong on his values, in order to meet the needs of the people, and I agree. There is no doubt this was supposed to be a witch hunt of mass proportions, with the House meeting just prior to Mamdani's arrival in D.C. to vote on and denounce the “evils” of socialism. The fact that Trump could admit that Mamdani has good policies, and that he could live in a New York with him as Mayor, and was even defending him, was like a pin popping the balloon of all of the Republican fear mongering propoganda around his campaign and win, leaving many Conservatives speechless as it deflated all of their attacks prior. Mamdani was brilliant and a statesman. From what I've seen and read, hardly any one is falling for Trump's “charm” but instead are respecting Mamdani more for walking into the lion's den, and Trump then behaving like a pussy cat, especially when you compare that to how Trump treated Zelenski, as both men came for the federal funding of their citizens. Again, I havent seen anyone falling for Trump's “charm.”

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Lois's avatar
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"Trump is a master at making a deal..." NO - I disagree completely! You give him way too much credit and power. He is a nutty psychopath and will turn on Mamdani in a dime.

Magician? Maybe - more like a carnival barker / snake oil salesman.

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Joan Sheehan's avatar

The left isn’t going to soften.

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Kalynda's avatar

Definitely not THIS lefty! Zoran was smart. Dementia Donald is a malignant narcissist with sadistic tendencies, at least one stroke, rapidly declining mental faculties, and the nuclear codes.

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DHARMA SINGH KHALSA MD's avatar

For sure Beavis has something up his sleeve. He definitely can not be trusted one bit

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Kristin Darnell Kreger's avatar

That’s what I saw. 🎯

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EGDx2's avatar

I dont know what makes me sicker today… Mandami promising Trump ratings and popularity or Trump/Putins 12 Point plan to dilute and distinguish Ukraine.

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John Halderman's avatar

Since Trump's company does business in NYC, he wants to be on the mayor's good side, so hopefully his company gets favorable treatment. The charm and schmoozing are part of what King-Con does.

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Joan Halgren's avatar

Love your term John: "King-Con"! So true. Joan

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Sylvia's avatar

Absolutely, like a true narcissist, Trump invited Zohran Mamdani to the White House to absorb some of his light!

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Rev.Marjorie Lipari's avatar

I couldn't agree with you more. I thought exactly that...Trump knows how to play the game.

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