Trump and Mayor Mamdani Make Love, Not War
What do you get when a socialist Democrat Muslim Mayor of NYC walks into the office of President Trump after they both have said some really nasty things about each other and are on opposite sides of just about everything? You would think a firefight and a bunch of nastiness. But instead we got a love fest.
Just remember that while Trump was a much better choice than Cackling Kamala, he is NOT the Prince of Peace. We believe that God put Trump on the job of “most powerful man in the world” to push us really fast toward the conditions that describe the Great Tribulation and the reign of the Antichrist. So while Trump can spin on a dime and say and do crazy things, Jesus is our anchor. And remember that He’s coming soon.
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A high-stakes White House meeting between President Donald Trump and mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned into a lovefest — with both men heaping populist praise on each other for pursuing ways to address the cost of living.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, needed to avoid the mercurial Republican president using the might of the federal government to cut New York City’s aid or send in the National Guard. Trump allies wanted the president to show he would prevent the Big Apple from being bankrupted by socialism.
But Mamdani appeared — at least for the time being — to neutralize those threats during the closed-door tête-à-tête by sticking to a strategy of staying laser-focused on issues of affordability, according to a top aide who sat in on the talk. After they emerged from the private meeting, Trump even told reporters that Mamdani had played up their unlikely political similarities: Mamdani “said a lot of my voters actually voted for him,” said the evidently pleased president. Mamdani noted that he often spoke with those voters — a point that elicited a grin from the president sitting behind the Resolute Desk.
The meeting was dominated by presidential compliments for Mamdani’s upstart campaign, a focus on blue-collar people and Trump’s interest in helping enact aspects of the new mayor’s agenda, like an expansion of much-needed housing.
“We had some interesting conversation, and some of his ideas really are the same ideas I have,” Trump said. “The new word is affordability.”
The meeting between two leading populist avatars operating from differing ends of the political spectrum arrived as affordability has become a crucial watchword for campaigns. The president, struggling to get costs down, has begrudgingly returned to focusing on pocketbook concerns after his popularity began to suffer. Mamdani, who is viewed with deep skepticism by New York City’s powerful business leaders, has tried to demonstrate he will not upend an economy that is heavily reliant on real estate and Wall Street.
Yet the two New Yorkers share similarities. Both men launched their electoral careers amid low expectations from establishment party leaders. They have an instinctive feel for their political bases and the concerns of their ardent supporters. And they understand how to leverage social media in a digital campaign age.
Trump, though, appeared to go beyond simply agreeing with the mayor on broad issues. He was practically smitten by the Queens state assemblymember, who was a virtual unknown a year ago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-make-love-not-war-00665861
