A shocker. Plain and simple.

No one knew what to expect when Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s 34-year-old mayor-elect, arrived at the White House on Nov. 21 for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

After all, the lead up to the much-anticipated meeting was anything but peachy. Rather, it was a road barb-wired with insults, threats to cut NYC funding and clashes over immigration raids.

But as the Republican president and Mamdani — a democratic socialist and Muslim — emerged from their meeting, the tone was both clear and surprising: chummy, like newfound buddies. History: Trump, Mamdani meet Friday. Here's all the insults, posts they've made

“You’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” Trump said, smiling, at a press briefing after his closed-door meeting with Mamdani.

“I

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