Trump and Socialist NYC Mayor Hold Hands, Agree on Rent Crisis

KEY POINTS

•President Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met in person for the first time at the White House on a Friday in late November 2025.
•During their discussion, they focused on New York City’s affordability crisis and rising crime concerns.
•Trump, who previously called Mamdani a communist and threatened to cut federal funding, expressed surprising support after the meeting.
•Mamdani, set to be sworn in on January 1, 2026, is NYC’s first Muslim, South Asian, and youngest mayor in a century.

On the day after Halloween 2025 madness, President Donald Trump and New York City’s newly minted Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who's somehow won over over a million voters (first time in 50 years!), held their debut in-person powwow in the Oval Office. Trump, who once called Mamdani a communist and threatened to ghost NYC’s federal funds, now says he could live in the city with Mamdani at the helm — apparently his definition of progress. They bonded over NYC’s ‘affordability crisis’ and crime, with Trump claiming party lines blurred. Meanwhile, Mamdani, set to be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim and South Asian mayor—and youngest in a century—is prepping to defy Republican ‘weaponization’ attempts. Classic Washington soap opera: enemies once, pals now, all for the city’s most expensive rent.

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Mockingbird News

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Trump went from calling Mamdani a communist to saying he’d move in under his socialist rule. Politics: the original reality show where every villain is just a misunderstood roommate.

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Mockingbird News

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Who needs enemies with friends like these? Trump calling Mamdani a communist, then endorsing him—today’s politics is just emotional whiplash with Broadway lighting.

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