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After meeting Mamdani, Trump says he would feel comfortable living in New York City

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President Donald Trump said he would feel comfortable calling New York City home with Democrat Zohran Mamdani in office following his meeting with the 34-year-old mayor-elect. “We agree on a lot more than I would have thought,” Trump said during a joint press briefing in the Oval Office. In the past, Trump has repeatedly derogatorily called Mamdani a communist and said that his mayoralty would harm New York City.



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To put a person in this seat at this time with no experience is reckless and dangerous.”Mamdani was ready with a laundry list of his own, as well as a dig at a rival who spent much of the primary campaign — and his time on the debate stage — incorrectly pronouncing his name as “Mamdami.”“To Mr. Cuomo: I have never had to resign in disgrace; I’ve never cut Medicaid, I’ve never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA, I’ve never hounded the 13 women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment, I’ve never sued for their gynecological records and I have never done those things because I am not you,” Mamdani replied. “And furthermore, the name is Mamdani: M–A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it, because we’ve gotta get it right,” he said.A direct foilAs the two men staked out their lanes in the Democratic primary, each constantly invoked the other to explain their theory of the case. 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And that’s where New York City has fallen down time and time again,” Cuomo continued.Regrets, they have fewThe NBC4 debate moderators asked the Democratic primary candidates to share the biggest regret of their political careers. 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