Joshua Citarella

It's a little bit different.

So we have this meeting between Mamdani and Trump.

And I think a lot of politics feels like kayfabe, right?

It's this playing of the game, the pretending of the pantomime as the real.

But for a moment, we saw kind of maybe because Trump was in a good mood, and that did seem a little disarming that day, like, you know, not taking things so personally.

We saw kind of the real...

push the kayfabe to one side.

It's okay.

You can call me a fascist.

I can call you a communist.

It doesn't matter.

But to do that, they will go back to within the space of a week saying that each other is the biggest threat to democracy or the future of America.

But at the time, they're almost able to break the fourth wall and call out what the meta is that sits above it all.

Does that make sense?

And I just thought that was so interesting to see

to see the game break briefly, and like before our eyes, and then you do know that within the space of two weeks, it's going to be, he's the biggest threat.

I don't know.

There must be a name for this.

But like, do not attribute to pre-planned genius that which can be explained by a good night's sleep.

You know, just I woke up on the right side of the bed that day.