President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his affable overtures toward New York City’s first socialist mayor, expressing hope that Zohran Mamdani would be a “great” leader.
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Mamdani → renew → hope
Trump, a New York City native, met with Mamdani in a closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s personal residence, this week.
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Trump → meet → Mansion
In a press conference afterward, the pair exchanged cordial words, reiterating the surprising relationship they have established in their third face-to-face meeting since Mamdani rose to power in the country’s largest city last year.
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Mamdani → exchange → city
Mamdani shared a photo of Monday’s encounter, describing it as a “productive meeting with the President today at Gracie Mansion,” in a post to X.
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Mamdani → share → X.
In his appearance alongside the mayor, Trump said Mamdani has “great potential.”
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Mamdani → say → potential
“I’ve seen it [Gracie Mansion] with numerous different mayors,” the president reflected.
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president → see → mayors
So hopefully, you’re going to be a great one.
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you → go → ?
I’ll be able to say you’re going to be a great one, and you’re off to a start.”
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you → say → start
“You have to understand.
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You → have → ?
I want what’s good for New York.
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what → want → York
I want what’s good for the country.
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what → want → country
So, if I had a choice of having him be a bad mayor or horrible mayor, I don’t want that,” Trump continued.
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Trump → have → that
“I want him to be a great mayor, and he’s certainly got potential, got great potential.”
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he → want → potential
Trump’s encounter with Mamdani marked the start of a busy week for the president in New York, including a Tuesday speech at the U.N. General Assembly.
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encounter → mark → Assembly
During the Gracie Mansion press conference, Trump was pressed on his decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House, which has sparked a legal battle on the grounds that First Amendment rights to a free press are being violated.
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rights → press → press
The president said he made the move because of his belief that the media does not treat him fairly, arguing, “The press also has an obligation.”
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press → say → obligation
“You know, I won in a landslide.
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I → know → landslide
I won the election in a landslide.
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I → win → landslide
I’ve done great things.
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I → do → things
I’ve done a lot of great things.
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I → do → things
I’ve settled eight wars.
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I → settle → wars
We have the best economic numbers for the country in the history of our country.
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We → have → country
We have $21 trillion pouring in — the biggest number ever,” the president claimed.
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president → have → ?
We’ve done so well. …
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We → do → ?
They’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.
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They → go → weapon
Let me just put it that way: They’re not doing well. …
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They → let → it
In fact, I have meetings on it today.
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I → have → it
They’re doing very poorly.”
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They → do → ?
“You would think that an outlet would write at least reasonably well, but never,” Trump lamented.
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Trump → think → ?
“I never get anything positive.
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I → get → anything
It’s always negative.”
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It → ’ → ?
Regarding Mamdani, Trump has pivoted between decrying the socialist mayor as someone who is “DESTROYING New York” and offering olive branches to New York City’s leader.
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who → regard → leader
“The new communist mayor of New York City, I think he’s a nice guy, actually,” Trump said in his State of the Union address in February.
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Trump → think → February
“I speak to him a lot.
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I → speak → him
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