Nobody should be even slightly surprised that Zohran Mamdani successfully charmed the pants off Donald Trump. Remember that Mamdani has spent the last year selling elderly New Yorkers on his vision of the future, so for him Trump was just another old geezer nostalgic for 1980s Manhattan.
On top of that, the two can unite over their common enemy in establishment Democrats. Despite Mamdani being the most exciting thing to happen to the party in years, the likes of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi only praise him (if they mention him at all) through gritted teeth.
