Donald Trump has raced to lavish praise on two left-wing leaders as the GOP gears up to cast Democrats as a band of dangerous communists ahead of the midterms.
The president, 80, spent Monday afternoon at Gracie Mansion fawning over New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a leader of “great potential,” and plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House on Wednesday. Mamdani, 34, is a self-professed democratic socialist. Xi, 73, is the world’s most powerful communist despot.
Those moves cut deep against GOP messaging ahead of November’s race for control of the House and Senate. The party has sought to portray Democrats, whom Trump’s plummeting approval ratings have handed a 7-point lead on the generic congressional ballot, as overrun by an extreme left-wing ideology. The president has tried to salvage Republican chances by asking voters to imagine they’d be backing him personally, rather than the party.
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