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Trump Meets Mayor-Elect Mamdani, Discusses NYC Affordability Crisis

11/22/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and praised him as a "very rational person" despite previously labeling him a "communist lunatic."
The two discussed serving New Yorkers and addressing the city's affordability crisis, rather than their past disagreements.
Trump said he was confused by Mamdani's victory-speech phrase "turn the volume up," and the session was closed to the press.

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U.S. President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and praised him as a "very rational person" despite previously labeling him a "communist lunatic."
The two discussed serving New Yorkers and addressing the city's affordability crisis, rather than their past disagreements.
Trump said he was confused by Mamdani's victory-speech phrase "turn the volume up," and the session was closed to the press.