From Axios, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani still believes President Trump is a fascist, despot and a threat to democracy. Yes, this is exactly the kind of person one would want to make a deal with.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said in an interview aired Sunday.
He still believes President Trump is a fascist and a threat to democracy, even as he pledged to work with him to deliver for New Yorkers.
Even in recent months, Trump threatened to arrest Mamdani and starve New York of federal funding. By Friday, they were bonding over rent prices and grocery costs in the Oval Office.
Asked if Trump had assured him he wouldn't send troops into the city, Mamdani said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he made it "very clear what we wanted to do was to deliver public safety and affordability, and the NYPD would be the ones to do so."