
In Donald Trump‘s America, even city funding now depends on the president’s beauty standards. On 60 Minutes, when asked about New York’s mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, Trump didn’t talk policy or governance. He talked looks.
“I think I’m a much better-looking person than him, right?” Trump said with a smug grin when Norah O’Donnell called Mamdani a “left-wing” version of him. She pointed out that both Trump and Mamdani are “charismatic, and breaking the old rules.” But Trump was only concerned with who looked better.