Republican president said he hoped the democratic socialist would be a ‘great mayor’ for New York City
Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and who the Republicans have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms.
At a news conference following their closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, Trump and Mamdani appeared friendly as they have in previous meetings. Mamdani said he and Trump held a “wide-ranging” discussion, which touched on affordable housing and immigration, but did not offer extensive details regarding any disagreements between them.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/trump-and-mamdani-meeting-gracie-mansion
Author : José Olivares in New York and David Smith in Washington
Publish date : 2026-09-22 00:57:00
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