Zohran Mamdani has focused much of his general election campaign on railing against President Donald Trump’s policies – including his deportation agenda, federal funding cuts and wielding of the Justice Department against his enemies.

Though not directly, Mamdani and Trump have been in a kind of dialogue for months. Trump has vowed to withhold federal funds if Mamdani wins, falsely questioning his citizenship (he is a naturalized U.S. citizen) and incorrectly referring to him as a communist.

But Wednesday offered an opportunity for Mamdani to deliver a message directly to Trump via the network he reportedly closely watches: Fox News. And in doing so, Mamdani offered next to no criticism of the Republican president, except to suggest that the area where he and Trump share a stated goal

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