Mary Margaret Olihan

So most Republicans and most people on the right, if they were handling that meeting, would have gone into it ready to probably make some good TV, be very dramatic, get very angry, lecture him.

And I think there are people that were hoping that that would happen.

And

Maybe they're right about it.

Maybe they're wrong.

Maybe that would ultimately be better for the country.

But the president has really good instincts.

And I think in this instance, looked at the situation and thought, we're going to have a good relationship here rather than an antagonistic one.

And you see that even by the way he was patting Mamdani's arm as he said, don't worry, it's OK that you called me a fascist.

It's just the name of the game.

uh he just really remarkable moments there and you know even some of these reporters brought it back again they were like so wait you called him a fascist why are you here like why do you want to interact with a president who is a fascist and actually if he had come out to the sticks to do a gaggle with us i did want to ask him look your base genuinely thinks trump is a fascist

You may be comfortable being in the Oval Office with this fascist, but your base truly thinks he is a fascist.

Your base truly thinks that he wants to do horrible things to them.

So are they going to be OK with the fact that you're palling around with this so-called fascist president in the Oval Office?

I don't think so.

But, you know, this is this is the card that he chose to play.

little bit a little bit so have you heard this in real life or have you ever experienced you know president trump putting on the tunes absolutely i mean i think anyone who hovers the white house has heard it at this point sometimes you'll hear it you know like from the position that that video was taken in which is you know you come down pebble beach and you're right outside the briefing room like yeah you'll hear it there uh but then there's other times when we'll go out

to the new patio area where the Rose Garden used to be.

And the tunes will be playing there.

I think a good example of this is when I went to the honoring of Charlie Kirk for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.