US Edition‘You could just say yes’: Trump jokes with Mamdani when reporter asks if he thinks Trump is fascist
Trump and Mamdani agreed to collaborate on affordability issues, highlighting shared priorities like housing and groceries, with Mamdani pledging to pursue all avenues for New Yorkers, officials said.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump met New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House, telling a reporter `That's OK, you can just say yes` while smiling and patting Mamdani's arm.
- Reporters pressed because of prior campaign exchanges, as Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect, had called President Donald Trump a `despot` and labeled his policies `fascist`.
- Mamdani described the meeting as productive, saying they focused on housing affordability and cost-of-living issues affecting New Yorkers.
- Both leaders kept public remarks brief and calm, avoiding spectacle, while Trump said he expects to be `to be helping` Mamdani and a senior administration official said funding threats `remain on the table`.
- The moment created buzz in the New York gubernatorial race and on Capitol Hill after Rep. Elise Stefanik labeled Zohran Mamdani an extremist, while Mamdani gained visibility as a pragmatic leader after defeating Andrew Cuomo.
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‘He’s Plotting Something’: Trump Flirts with the F-Word, Lavishes Praise on His One-Time Enemy as Viewers Detect a Sinister Shift
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in a major political twist, seemed to hit it off in their first meeting on Friday at the White House; in fact, it seems to be the exact embodiment of the expression “politics makes strange bedfellows.” And in an even weirder development, Trump told Mamdani he could go ahead and call him a “fascist.” U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route …
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