New York Metropolis’s incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani stated on Sunday (November 23) he continues to imagine US President Donald Trump is a fascist, even after a cordial assembly on the White Home final Friday.
“That is one thing that I’ve stated prior to now, I say it in the present day,” Mamdani advised NBC Information.
Mamdani met Trump to debate metropolis priorities, setting apart months of public recriminations.
“Every thing that I’ve stated prior to now, I proceed to imagine,” Mamdani stated. “We don’t draw back from the place now we have disagreements, however we perceive what it’s that brings us to that desk… I’m coming in there to ship for New Yorkers.”
Trump, who had beforehand criticized Mamdani and advised he must be deported, even interjected throughout the White Home briefing.
“That is OK. You may simply say it. That is simpler,” Trump advised Mamdani. “It is simpler than explaining it. I do not thoughts.”
Shared concentrate on affordability disaster
Regardless of their stark political variations, each leaders highlighted affordability as a key concern for voters.
“I shared with the president that after I requested these New Yorkers why they voted for the president, they advised me repeatedly it was value of residing, value of residing, value of residing,” Mamdani stated.
The incoming mayor elaborated that housing, childcare, groceries, and utilities had been central to his marketing campaign and to discussions with Trump.
“I discovered within the assembly that I had with the president a productive one… coming again repeatedly to the central themes of the marketing campaign that we ran: the price of housing, value of kid care, the price of groceries, the price of utilities.”
Mutual respect regardless of previous assaults
The 2 have publicly criticized one another prior to now — Trump referred to as Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic,” whereas Mamdani accused Trump of attacking democracy. But after Friday’s assembly, each emerged smiling and mentioned shared objectives for town.
Trump praised Mamdani’s historic election victory and expressed confidence in his management.
“We will be serving to him to make all people’s dream come true: having a robust and really secure New York,” Trump stated.
