Trump and Mamdani take questions from reporters after 'great meeting' at White House

[LymphocyteLover]

Source: BBC

Summary

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are taking questions from reporters inside the Oval Office after a "great meeting" - watch live above

The US president congratulates the New York mayor-elect on his win earlier this month, as the pair say they look forward to working on affordability

The two New Yorkers have repeatedly traded barbs - Trump has called Mamdani a "communist", while the self-described democratic socialist frequently claims Trump uses that term as a distraction

The atmosphere ahead of the sit down was buzzing, writes our White House reporter

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0qpqkyp948t?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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Interesting... maybe Dump is trying to good some good press from this?

[mchill]

1. Now Trump admires FDR?

Mamdani is impressive. 🤣

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Domestic diplomacy.

I like cordiality!

But the 2026 Congressional election will have these two politicians in combative campaigning before long.

[Ocelot II]

3. Trump will mean-tweet something about Mamdani before long.

Trump is often friendly and cordial in one-to-one meetings with adversaries, only to stab them in the back later when he turns to his social media.

[chowder66]

10. He's so weird. He acts civil to bait someone and those that don't bite by joining his criminal gang or bend the knee

then get a colossal shitstorm for the ages (or the next 3 days until the new outrage gets shat out).

Rinse & Repeat.

[LisaM]

4. They were saying exactly this on "The Eleventh Hour" last night.

That it would give all appearances of being a cordial and productive meeting, but that Trump couldn't be trusted to even admit what he might have said.

I hope Mamdani's team was watching!

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Oh yeah, for sure. Dump is a snake. But Mamdani does seem to have charmed him!

[DBoon]

5. has anyone tested the White House water supply?

Did some LSD left over from the '60s manage to make its way into the system?

[HarryM]

17. If there was

LSD in the water, judging from his personality and my experiences with many folks who took acid back in the day, Donnie would have a terrible bummer.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Sean Hannity will get whiplash from the sudden 180 degree turn

He's been saying he's leaving New York because of Communism, Socialism, and just plain racism.
Now he has to do a compete turn around and extol the mayor's policies. He'll be wearing a neck brace tonight.

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. And, what about Dershowitz?

He said he was going to end himself on live television if Mamdani won.

Any word? No?

Are you saying that he made that crap up to get some air time? And, no one is calling him on it?

Someone needs to.

[angrychair]

7. It's meant to sabotage Mamdani

With Mango Mussolini going out of his way to praise Mamdani their hope is that it will make some of Mamdani's base question his motives.
Especially on the heels of retaining the police commissioner.
There is likely nothing more toxic than praise from a pedophile and rapist that is actively trying to destroy the country.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. OTOH how much of MAGA will get pissed off at tRump palling with and praising a "Muslim Communist"?

[Polybius]

13. They're not smart enough to think of that

Besides, no one on the left is attacking Mamdani for this. The meeting was a smart idea.

[angrychair]

14. Respectfully

I am just never going to agree that shaking hands with a pedophile rapist that literally threatened to murder Democratic members of Congress just a day ago, is ever a good thing.

To honest I'm even more upset that fellow Democrats think I'm a bad person for thinking that way.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Remember when Trump met with Obama right after he was elected?

They were pretty chummy at that time. Trump reverted back to his usual assholish self once in office.

[The Grand Illuminist]

9. Terrorists must not be negotiated with.

Bad for Mamdani to associate with him.

[DrFunkenstein]

18. Not If You're A New Yorker

This was a massive win for New Yorkers facing massive budget cuts from Trump's terror regime.

And, just to be clear, we would have been much better off to negotiate with the Taliban and Saddam than to spend $6 TRILLION of the federal budget that could have gone to making people's lives better. How many thousands of lives would have been saved by avoiding unnecessary wars. But we'd rather piss that money away and wave our macho D's around than have bad optics.

People outside of the city worry about images and their small D energy. People inside the city have to deal with the fallout. Kudos for Mamdani for working smarter, instead of chest thumping like Hakeem Jeffries literally waving around his bat.

[Figarosmom]

15. Trump saw the writing on the wall

He wants people to think he's working on affordability. He saw the communist trope didn't do a thing with voters so now he sucks up. He's scared about the midterms.

I wonder if more of the House will resign giving us the House before then.

[OhioTim]

16. Mamdani Was Kissing

Trump's butt

[DrFunkenstein]

20. Stroking Trump's Ego Without Giving Ground A Single Issue

I think you missed what was happening. Mamdani played Trump like Yo-Yo Ma plays an oversized fiddle.

[DrFunkenstein]

19. These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For

Mamdani had some serious jedi mind tricks going on for the whole world to see!

[mdbl]

22. Dump gets all the good press he needs

from fux, cnn, newsmax, oan, cbs, abc. If not he'll try and get them fired or revoke their licenses.