After months of trading criticism, tough talk and not so thinly veiled threats, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump came out of their first meeting striking a surprisingly civil tone. At times, it was even complimentary.

“I expect to be helping him, not hurting him,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after a private meeting Friday afternoon that lasted under an hour. “Because I want New York City to be great.”

Two very different New Yorkers, Mamdani and Trump are about as far apart ideologically as it gets. But addressing reporters from the Oval Office, the two men were disciplined in focusing on what they stated was their greatest common ground: wanting the best for New York City. “We have one thing in common. We want this city of ours that we love

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