Trump meets NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, emphasising shared goals despite past differences

US President Trump and New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and friendly, speaking of their shared goals. PIC/PTI

President Donald Trump on Friday met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself "Donald Trump's worst nightmare." The Republican president and New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and friendly, speaking repeatedly of their shared goals to help Trump's hometown rather than their combustible differences.

Trump, who had in the past called Mamdani a "100% Communist Lunatic" and a "total nut job," spoke openly of how impressed he was with the man who had called his administration "authoritarian." "I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually," Trump said of the democratic socialist as Mamdani stood next to him in the Oval Office.

"What I really appreciate about the President is that in the meeting we had focused not on places of disagreement, which there are many, but also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers," Mamdani said. Trump later seemed to take little umbrage when reporters asked Mamdani to clarify his past statements, indicating that he thought the president was acting like a fascist.

The meeting gave Trump a high-profile chance to talk about affordability at a time when he's under increasing political pressure to show he's addressing voter concerns about the cost of living. "Some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have," the president said of Mamdani about inflationary issues.

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