"Zohran Mamdani appears to have charmed Donald Trump. Following a meeting with the New York City mayor-elect in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon, the president had nothing but nice things to say about the man whose politics couldn't be different than his. "I think you're going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor," Trump told reporters as Mamdani stood beside him. "He's going to surprise some conservative people, actually.""
"It marked a striking reversal in Trump's rhetoric toward the Democratic socialist state assemblyman. In recent months, the president had derided Mamdani as a "communist," urged New Yorkers to support his chief opponent, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and had even threatened to cut off federal funding to the city if Mamdani were elected mayor. On Friday, all of that seemed to be buried. Mamdani sounded a conciliatory note, pointing out that he and Trump shared many voters and that both had run campaigns based on addressing affordability concerns."
""We spoke about rent, we spoke about groceries, we spoke about utilities," Mamdani said. "We spoke about the different ways in which people are being pushed out." Trump described Mamdani as "rational," said that he "really wants to see New York be great again," and said he and the mayor-elect shared many of the same goals. Most significantly, Trump pledged to work with Mamdani, saying he expects "to be helping him, not hurting him.""
Donald Trump met Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office and spoke positively about the New York City mayor-elect. Trump described Mamdani as rational, said he wants to see New York be great again, and predicted Mamdani would surprise some conservatives. Both men emphasized shared concerns about affordability, including rent, groceries, and utilities, and discussed how people are being pushed out. Trump pledged to help rather than hurt Mamdani and even said he would feel comfortable living in the city under Mamdani's administration. The exchange marked a notable shift from earlier confrontational rhetoric.
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