Trump, Mamdani to meet in Oval Office
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Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani visit: Both men get something they want, GOP loses a punching bag
The two had called each other “fascist” and “communist,” but when President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faced reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, they were just two iconoclastic New York politicians who were all smiles.
As New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wrapped up his high-stakes meeting with President Trump Friday, the president said the two had a great conversation centered on the future of New York City.
Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade said the friendly meeting between President Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani has left JD Vance “jealous.” The president and New York City Mayor-elect recapped a closed-door meeting to reporters in the Oval Office Friday afternoon,
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him," Trump said of Mamdani, a democratic socialist who he previously denounced as "a communist."
In a surprising shift of tone, the two were positive and often complimentary, with President Trump saying NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani "can do some things that I think are gonna be really great."
"I think JD Vance is jealous," the Fox News host smirked. "I think the president wants to use [Mamdani] as a running mate. They got along fantastic."
In countless ways — their backgrounds, their policies, their ages — President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could not be more different. But the similar manner in which the two men rose to power provided the backdrop for their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office today.
President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have hurled attacks at each other for months — but on Friday, they seemed to hit it off.
The vote came mere hours before Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House.
President brushes off his loyalist's criticism of NYC mayor-elect during amiable Oval Office press conference.