“I think JD Vance is jealous,” mentioned Brian Kilmeade. “I think the president wants to use [Mamdani] as a running mate. They got along fantastic.”
During the assembly, Trump appeared to neglect all of the insults he’s made about Mamdani ― similar to “a 100% Communist Lunatic” ― and even advised the mayor-elect it was OK to name him a fascist.
He additionally dismissed accusations by New York Republican Elise Stefanik that Mamdani is “a jihadist,” saying he didn’t agree with that evaluation, however she’s campaigning and also you say issues typically in a marketing campaign.”
Kilmeade’s “jealous” and Mamdani-as-running-mate feedback might need been a little bit of a burn for Vance, however keep in mind, Trump isn’t eligible to run for a 3rd time period, so there in all probability received’t be a have to swap vice presidents.
If Vance did see it as a slight, he didn’t point out it in his sole submit in regards to the Trump-Mamdani assembly. Instead, he simply mentioned, “POTUS has a lot of good moments, but this is an all-timer.”
Of course, folks had ideas.
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