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Trump's 'inexplicable' charm offensive toward his own enemies leaves GOP reeling
What happened
RawStory, citing The Hill, reports that President Donald Trump’s friendly meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unsettled Republicans four weeks before the midterm elections. Trump welcomed Xi to the White House shortly after U.S. officials said China had helped Iran target American troops, prompting Republican senators Roger Wicker and John Kennedy to criticize or caution against the outreach.
Trump also praised Mamdani after months of attacking him, calling the democratic socialist mayor “a very rational person” and saying he would…
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