US President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP Photo)

US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met at the White House on Friday in a surprisingly cordial encounter, setting aside months of political hostility. While Trump called the mayor-elect a ‘rational person’, Mamdani appreciated their focus on “shared purpose”.

The meeting marked the first in-person encounter between the 79-year-old Republican and the 34-year-old democratic socialist, who had previously clashed over immigration, economic policy, and city governance.

During the Oval Office meeting, Trump and Mamdani discussed shared priorities such as crime reduction and affordability in New York City, home to 8.5 m

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