President Donald Trump saw “his own mortality” in election results that rejected both his administration and the MAGA movement, political columnist David Rothkopf said.

Speaking to The Daily Beast Podcast, Rothkopf said Trump realized that there is no political future for him after a night that saw Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City, two Democrats win governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 pass in California.

“He saw death. He saw his own mortality. He realizes there is no future for him... he looks in the eyes of Republicans, and he sees they know he’s old and dying,” Rothkopf told The Daily Beast Podcast’s Joanna Coles.

Rothkopf also warned that the GOP’s total surrender to Trump will permanently damage the party’s future.

“I just thin

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