"Throughout the campaign that culminated in Mamdani's historic November 4 election victory as the city's first Muslim mayor, the president zeroed in on Mamdani as a target for public attacks, slamming the democratic socialist as a communist, mispronouncing his name and threatening to cut off federal funding to New York if he won. Trump even endorsed the Democrat Andrew Cuomo over the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the final hours before the vote, telling his followers that Mamdani was a FAILURE."
"Mamdani, for his part, has regularly linked the Trump administration to authoritarianism and portrayed his own goals as mayor tackling the affordability crisis and assuaging income inequality in direct contrast to the president's lifelong chase of wealth and power. If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the same city that gave rise to him, Mamdani pledged in his election victory speech, referencing Trump's New York roots."
Donald Trump will host New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House, representing an unexpected meeting between ideologically opposed figures. Trump posted on Truth Social that Mamdani will visit the Oval Office, falsely calling him a communist and mocking his middle name. During the campaign Trump repeatedly targeted Mamdani, mispronouncing his name, slamming him as a communist and threatening to cut federal funding to New York, even endorsing Andrew Cuomo over the Republican candidate. Mamdani has linked the Trump administration to authoritarianism and campaigned on tackling affordability and income inequality in contrast to Trump's pursuit of wealth and power.
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