Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion – The Guardian

Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion  The GuardianLive updates: Mamdani discusses midterms, Netanyahu in exclusive CNN interview after Trump meeting | CNN Politics  CNNTrump says Mamdani has ‘great potential’ after Gracie Mansion visit  The HillTrump and Mamdani Show Their Unlikely Rapport, This Time in New York  The New York TimesTrump, Mamdani meet at Gracie Mansion during UN week, discuss affordable housing, White House press ban, safer NYC  ABC7 New York

Republican president said he hoped the democratic socialist would be a ‘great mayor’ for New York City Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and his Republican allies have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms. At a news conference following their closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, Trump and Mamdani appeared friendly as they have in previous meetings.

Mamdani said he and Trump held a “wide-ranging” discussion, which touched on affordable housing and immigration, but did not offer extensive details regarding any disagreements between them. Asked whether he challenged Trump over his decision to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from White House grounds, Mamdani said: “I told the president that we’re going to have all of the members of the press here on the lawn, and that is something that I believe in.” “It’s interesting because they said they