Yesterday 04:35 AM
(This post was last modified: Yesterday 04:36 AM by Magical Realist.)
Well well...the chemistry must've been just right!
"New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump emerged from a White House meeting with nothing but good things to say about one another after trading weeks of campaign-season insults and warnings.
"It was a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers," Mamdani said in the Oval Office after the first-ever face-to-face meeting between the democratic socialist political star and the MAGA president who has mused about deporting him.
“I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” said Trump, who even patted Mamdani on the arm.
The high stakes Nov. 21 meeting between billionaire Trump and Mamdani − who has said a fair system wouldn't allow billionaires to exist − included discussions on affordability, federal funds and infrastructure projects and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city.
Supporters of the mayor-elect had feared a televised ambush reminiscent of a February incident in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance ganged up on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Instead, Trump freely praised Mamdani, and declined opportunities to criticize him in front of the cameras."
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him," Trump said of Mamdani. "A big help."
Both Trump, 79, and Mamdani, 34, were elected in part by focusing on the cost of living. "Some of his ideas are the same as my ideas," the president said. "He wants to see housing go up, see a lot of housing created, apartments built...People would be shocked, but I want to see the same thing."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...387133007/
"New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump emerged from a White House meeting with nothing but good things to say about one another after trading weeks of campaign-season insults and warnings.
"It was a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers," Mamdani said in the Oval Office after the first-ever face-to-face meeting between the democratic socialist political star and the MAGA president who has mused about deporting him.
“I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” said Trump, who even patted Mamdani on the arm.
The high stakes Nov. 21 meeting between billionaire Trump and Mamdani − who has said a fair system wouldn't allow billionaires to exist − included discussions on affordability, federal funds and infrastructure projects and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city.
Supporters of the mayor-elect had feared a televised ambush reminiscent of a February incident in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance ganged up on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Instead, Trump freely praised Mamdani, and declined opportunities to criticize him in front of the cameras."
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him," Trump said of Mamdani. "A big help."
Both Trump, 79, and Mamdani, 34, were elected in part by focusing on the cost of living. "Some of his ideas are the same as my ideas," the president said. "He wants to see housing go up, see a lot of housing created, apartments built...People would be shocked, but I want to see the same thing."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...387133007/
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