Trump Speaks Appreciatively of Mamdani after White House Meeting

After receiving the democratic socialist New York mayor-elect, the U.S. president said “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2025.

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After receiving the democratic socialist New York mayor-elect, the U.S. president said “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people.”

In an unexpectedly cordial meeting, Donald Trump and freshly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani met in the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st.

Trump, a lifelong New Yorker, stated to reporters following the meeting that he would not want to see federal funds for New York being cut off. “I don’t think that’s going to happen,” the president told reporters.

Mamdani said he appreciated the fact that what the focus of the dicussion was “not on places of disagreement, which there are many, and also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers.”

The U.S. president declared

We’re going to be helping him to make everybody’s dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York. said.

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