Trump Fawns Over ‘Fascinating’ Fetterman After Mar-a-Lago Meeting: ‘I Couldn’t Be More Impressed’

LEFT: John Fetterman (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) RIGHT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President-elect Donald Trump fawned over Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) after a recent meeting between the two, calling him a “fascinating man” who he “couldn’t be more impressed” by.

CBS News reported late last week that Fetterman was set to become the first Democratic senator to meet Trump since his triumph in November’s presidential election.

“I think that one, he’s the president, or he will be officially…and I think it’s pretty reasonable that if the president would like to have a conversation — or invite someone to have a conversation — to have it. And no one is my gatekeeper,” said Fetterman in explaining his decision to meet with Trump.

After their conversation, Trump offered Fetterman high praise in a conversation with the Washington Examiner‘s Salena Zito.

“It was a totally fascinating meeting,” the president-elect told Zito. “He’s a fascinating man, and his wife is lovely. They were both up, and I couldn’t be more impressed.”

“He’s a commonsense person. He’s not liberal or conservative. He’s just a commonsense person, which is beautiful,” he continued before concluding that “He really was impressive, and I’m glad I got to speak to him. And he loves Pennsylvania, and he loves our country.”

Fetterman won a 2022 Democratic primary as the progressive alternative to Conor Lamb, but has nevertheless made waves in Congress by breaking with the left flank of his party on issues like immigration and Israel.

In once recent interview with ABC, Fetterman urged journalists “to chill out” about Trump because “the constant, you know, freak out — it’s not helpful.”

I’m not rooting against him [Trump]. If you’re rooting against the president, you are rooting against the nation. And I’m not ever going to be where I want a president to fail. So, country first. I know that’s like it’s become a bit like a cliche, but it happens to be truth,” he added.