“Game Recognizes Game” - Mehdi Hasan Claims Trump GOT PLAYED By Mamdani
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🗓️ 5 June 2026
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Trump gets called out for how easily he can be played by politicians like Zohran Mamdani, as Mehdi Hasan breaks down Trump’s need for praise, foreign leaders’ manipulation tactics, and what it means for American leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | You think that's the part with Mamdani. He's got a little bit of that Obama-esque thing going for him. For sure. I mean, he won over your guy. Yeah. You're talking about Cuomo or you're talking about Donald Trump. Oh, he won him over. He went to the white. You swam in the way. Tell me you don't love the fact that you're saying my guy, that my guy said, just tell him how you feel. Tell me you don't respect that. That was an amazing movie. |
| 0:20.6 | Tell me you don't respect that. |
| 0:21.4 | I respect him. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm done for pulling it off. |
| 0:22.9 | But do you respect that Trump's like, just tell him how you feel. Tell me you don't respect that. Tell me you |
| 0:20.9 | don't respect that. I respect my daddy for pulling it off. But do you respect that Trump's like, |
| 0:24.1 | just tell him you don't like me. I don't respect it. I don't understand it. You can't say that. I swear to God |
| 0:27.4 | I don't understand. Dude, you know you respect the fact that you're studied Donald Trump, |
| 0:31.1 | unfortunately, through no choice of my own for 12 years. I moved here months before he came down that goal that escalated. You can say it. You respect that. I do not respect Donald Trump. But I've genuinely, I'm someone who you could ask me about Trump. I could talk about Trump all day long. I know everything about Trump. That moment still is, he looks at Mamdani the way I've never seen him look at anyone. I've never seen him look at Melania the way he looks at Zoran Mondani, right? In love, just in awe. He goes on Sid Rosenberg's radio show. |
| 0:56.0 | You said that? |
| 0:57.0 | He's a jihadist. |
| 0:58.0 | Mr. President, he hates you. |
| 0:59.0 | Now, he's a good guy. He's at the State of the Union. And that still doesn't get you to say your respect. I don't understand. But can you tell me why? Yeah, I think he respects talent. |
| 1:06.9 | Honestly, like game recognizes game. |
| 1:09.4 | No, it's, look, you're here. |
| 1:11.1 | I like your talent. |
| 1:12.8 | And I watch and I see what you're doing. |
| 1:14.4 | Listen, we may. But honestly, like game recognizes game. No, it's, look, you're here. |
| 1:11.2 | I like your talent. |
| 1:12.7 | And I watch and I see what you don't. |
| 1:14.3 | Listen, we may not agree on, you know, 50% of the thing. |
| 1:17.2 | He's not like that with most other people. |
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