Mary Margaret Olihan

Why not?

have a good relationship in so far as you can.

And, you know, we all know that if Mom Donnie makes some wrong move, he will be out of Trump's good graces.

But for now, seems like he's in a good spot.

think he does.

And the president has always been very astute in analyzing his opponents, analyzing the scene at the time.

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?