Trump said he would even be comfortable moving back to New York City and living there with Mamdani as mayor, saying he was surprised how much they had in common.

For months, Donald Trump warned New Yorkers against electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor, referring to him as a “communist lunatic.” Mamdani, meanwhile, called Trump a “despot.”

All of that was put aside in an extraordinary Oval Office get-together Friday, the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.

Trump, who sought to kneecap Mamdani during the campaign, was exceedingly complimentary of the self-described democratic socialist, while Mamdani repeatedly talked up his hope that he and the president could work together to lower costs for New Yorkers.

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    2 hours ago

    seriously, Trump isnt playing 4d chess…

    he doesn’t know how to play regular chess

    hell, he doesn’t know how to play checkers

    even before losing what little of his brain he had to dementia the man was dumb as shit

    it’s wild to me just how much damage one random television show (the apprentice) could cause, by convincing so many people trump is actually competent