The whole thing is a lovefest, I’m cackling. Loved this bit @21:25 where Trump defends Mamdani from a pretty flimsy gotcha question:
REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President. I have a question for you, but a very quick one for the mayor: why did you fly here? Aren’t trains greener?
MAMDANI: [laughing] I will use every form of transit and I want to make sure that they’re all affordable in New York City and that’s why making buses fast and free is a centerpiece of our campaign.
TRUMP: [to reporter] Did you—
REPORTER: There is a bus that goes—
TRUMP: Well, but—I know but if he flew, that’s a lot quicker, too. You know, I mean, he’s—he’s working very hard. For him to be—that’s a long—that’s a very that’s a very long drive. [looking at Mamdani] I’ll stick up for you [both smile, Mamdani nods]. You know, the plane takes you 30 minutes and driving takes you a long— [cut off by reporter’s next question]
Among many other things, I think Trump feels some genuine camaraderie for someone who has been treated very unfairly by the media.
TRUMP: I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up. You know, I’ve had a lot of meetings with the heads of major countries. Nobody cared. This meeting that you people have gone cra—you know, outside you have hundreds of people waiting [briefly looks at Mamdani]. This is just a small little group. For some reason, the press has found this to be a very interesting meeting. The biggest people in the world, they come over from countries—nobody cares. But—[gestures at Mamdani] they did care about this meeting. And it was a great meeting.
Another great way to ingratiate yourself with Trump—get him a bunch of press! Dude was eating it up.
I would rather have a rail network that connects every metro area in the country than one single route of high-speed rail. Don’t care if it’s low-speed (50 mph is fine) as long as it exists.
Sure but just saying any socialist traveling along the NE corridor is expected (by me) to take the train instead of fly since it exists already and takes around the same amount of time. There are valid reasons to drive (unfortunately).
(Actually train take 4 hours vs 1.5 hrs flight time, but the train is city center to city center with no security, airport has security, but it depends on if you’re in queens or Manhattan maybe)
The whole thing is a lovefest, I’m cackling. Loved this bit @21:25 where Trump defends Mamdani from a pretty flimsy gotcha question:
Among many other things, I think Trump feels some genuine camaraderie for someone who has been treated very unfairly by the media.
edit: another good bit @25:19
Another great way to ingratiate yourself with Trump—get him a bunch of press! Dude was eating it up.
True but also be should have taken the train
Hot take: make the trains not suck
Correct but the one HSR the US has runs from Madison Square Garden to the US Capitol building.
real?
Acela express yeah, could definitely be faster, but oh well
ah didn’t realise it opened in August, US was at 0 miles of hsr prior though?
Acela (just barely HSR, but at least medium SR) has been running since 2000
I would rather have a rail network that connects every metro area in the country than one single route of high-speed rail. Don’t care if it’s low-speed (50 mph is fine) as long as it exists.
Sure but just saying any socialist traveling along the NE corridor is expected (by me) to take the train instead of fly since it exists already and takes around the same amount of time. There are valid reasons to drive (unfortunately).
(Actually train take 4 hours vs 1.5 hrs flight time, but the train is city center to city center with no security, airport has security, but it depends on if you’re in queens or Manhattan maybe)
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