President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani struck a more cordial tone during their White House meeting Friday, finding more common ground than the barbs they traded since Mamdani was elected the Big Apple’s first socialist and Muslim mayor.
Mamdani told reporters in the Oval Office that he and Trump are clear on their views, and that the meeting focused on the “shared purpose” they have in serving New Yorkers, not on their differences.
“We agree on a lot more than I would have thought,” Trump said in a news conference that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform. “I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job.”
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