US Edition‘You could just say yes’: Trump jokes with Mamdani when reporter asks if he thinks Trump is fascist
Trump and Mamdani discussed federal cooperation on housing affordability, aiming to lower costs for New Yorkers amid rising paycheck-to-paycheck households, 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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Trump had described Mamdani as "left-wing radical lunatics," and Mamdani as "despots." Now there was the first meeting of the US president with the future mayor of New York - and the tone was completely different.
Trump heaps praise on Mamdani after friendly White House meeting
After months of trading insults, U.S. President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability in the nation's biggest city.
At a memorable meeting in the White House Donald Trump is out as a big fan of the next New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom he had just insulted as a communist. For the president's guest, the visit may even go too well.
President Donald Trump’s meetings in the Oval Office have become prominent events in his second term. However, few have generated as much expectation as when he received New York City’s elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, this Friday afternoon. Many expected a confrontation between the president and the promising young democratic socialist politician, whom the Republicans have made clear they would like to become their “villain” by 2026. But what hap…
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