Mamdani just won whatever that Trump White House meeting was | Opinion
Common Ground,Politics,Donald Trump,Zohran Mamdani,New York City,New York,Federal State And Tribal Powers,Bipartisanship
After calling the New York City mayor-elect a "communist" and "lunatic" over the past several months, questioning his citizenship and threatening to arrest him, President Donald Trump said that he would "be cheering for" Zohran Mamdani after meeting with him in the Oval Office on Nov. 21.
Yes, you read that right.
Trump went so far as to say he would "absolutely" live in a New York City led by Mamdani, and said that he thought the 34-year-old democratic socialist could be "a really great mayor."...
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