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President Donald Trump has a new nickname for Zohran Mamdani, who is the clear frontrunner in New York City’s election for mayor.

“I call him my little communist. He’s my little communist mayor,” Trump said of Mamdani during an extended studio interview Friday on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.”

The 33-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from the New York City borough of Queens shocked the political world in June with his convincing win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to capture the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination in the nation’s most populous city.

Mamdani proposes eliminating fares on New York City’s vast bus system, making CUNY (City University of New York) “tuition-free,” freezing rents on municipal hous

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