President Trump said he doesn’t think Zohran Mamdani is a “jihadist” during the NYC mayor-elect’s White House visit Friday — a claim that has been repeated by his ally Rep. Elise Stefanik .

A reporter asked Trump if he believed Mamdani — who stood beside him behind the desk in the Oval Office — was a jihadist like Stefanik contends.

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Trump said that he does not believe that Mamdani is a “jihadist.” AP

Trump dismissed Stefanik’s words as coming from her GOP gubernatorial bid.

“I met with a man who’s a very rational person,” he said. “I met with a man who really wants to see New York be great again.”

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