Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani on Friday held a ‘productive’ assembly on the White Home, with the US President saying he’s going to assist the Democrat socialist.
Trump additionally praised Mamdani’s electoral victory within the first face-to-face assembly since he received elected on November 4.
The 2 leaders have typically focused one another.
“We have simply had an incredible… very productive assembly. We’ve one factor in widespread. We wish this metropolis of ours that we like to do very effectively,” Trump mentioned within the Oval Workplace.
When requested if he nonetheless thinks Trump is a despot after White Home assembly, Mamdani mentioned, “I believe each President Trump and I, we’re very clear about our positions and our views’.
“And I’ve been referred to as a lot worse than a despot, so it’s not that insulting,” replied Trump.
Here is what Donald Trump mentioned
— We have simply had an incredible assembly, a really productive assembly.
— We’ve one factor in widespread — We wish this metropolis of ours that we like to do very effectively.
— I need to congratulate the mayor, he actually ran an unimaginable race in opposition to some very robust individuals, very sensible individuals.
— I believe he’s going to shock some conservative individuals, truly
— We spoke about housing, meals costs. We received the costs approach down from final yr.
— The higher he does, the happier I’m.
— We will be serving to him to make all people’s dream come true
— We talked about Con Edison. We’ve to work a little bit bit on getting the costs [down]… If we’re sending them gas at a a lot lower cost than it was a yr in the past — which is true — we’ve got to get Con Edison to begin reducing their charges.
— He desires to have a secure New York. Finally, a secure New York goes to be an incredible New York… if you do not have secure streets, it is not going to be successful.
— Respect the assembly with the President.
— It was a productive assembly targeted on a spot of shared admiration and love, which is New York Metropolis, and the necessity to ship affordability to New Yorkers who’re struggling to afford in the costliest metropolis.
— We spoke about groceries, utility, other ways the persons are being pushed admire the time and dialog with the president.
