Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion

Donald J Trump and Zohran Mamdani shake hands after their meeting in White House in Washington DC on 21 Nov 2025. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Pool/Yuri Gripas - Pool/CNP/Shutterstock Donald J Trump and Zohran Mamdani shake hands after their meeting in White House in Washington DC on 21 Nov 2025. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Pool/Yuri Gripas - Pool/CNP/Shutterstock Zohran Mamdani Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion Republican president said he hoped the democratic socialist would be a ‘great mayor’ for New York City

Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and his Republican allies have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms.