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Trump Strikes up Bromance with Zohran Mamdani, Whom He Previously Called ’100% Communist Lunatic’
President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani agreed to focus on housing affordability and rising living costs despite past political clashes, highlighting shared goals.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump met Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect, in the Oval Office, discussing housing affordability and the cost of groceries and utilities, with Trump saying, `I expect to be helping him, not hurting him.`
- Political pressures on cost-of-living and funding needs drove the encounter, as Trump faces pressure on costs while Mamdani must protect New York's federal funding.
- Reporters pressed on travel and past statements, prompting Trump to intervene; he defended Mamdani despite calling him a `100% Communist Lunatic` and said `I've been called much worse than a despot.`
- Cooperation could mean different enforcement choices for New York, as Trump told reporters he expects to help Mamdani and avoid immigration enforcement operations seen in other cities.
- The meeting alters political optics after both ran on price-focused platforms, as observers called it remarkable but foreseeable given shared inflation and affordability themes reshaping political narratives amid Trump’s poor polling on the economy.
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When Donald met Zohran
“I’ll tell you,” the President was saying. “The press has eaten this thing up. I had a lot of meetings with world leaders, and the press didn’t care. The biggest people in the world come over and nobody cares. This one, they care about.” President Trump sat at the Resolute Desk, wearing a red tie. Standing next to him was the Boy Wonder, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani of New York City, wearing a blue tie. Their hour-long meeting at the White House…
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