President Donald Trump has called New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has called Trump’s administration “authoritarian” and described himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.”

So their first-ever meeting , scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. EST at the White House, could be a curious and combustible affair.

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