THE WHITE HOUSE/WASHINGTON, DC — AFTER MEETING NEW YORK CITY’S FIRST MUSLIM MAYOR-ELECT IN PERSON, President Donald Trump decided he likes the guy.

After Trump has in recent days publicly criticized Mamdani to the point of questioning his citizenship, he and the mayor-elect reportedly discussed common goals at Friday’s Oval Office meeting , such as housing affordability, the cost of groceries and utilities, and their similar strategies in highlighting these issues to win their respective elections.

“We’re going to be helping him, to make everybody’s dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York,” the president told reporters, according to the Associated Press. Likewise, Mamdani pointed out that, while the two still have differences, he appreciated that they also focused o

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