WASHINGTON D.C.—Despite frequent criticisms, from both sides, and ideological differences, President Donald Trump and New York City-elect Zohran Mamdani found common ground during a meeting at the Oval Office Friday, where the two discussed affordability and safety in New York City.

Throughout Mamdani’s campaign he frequently called the President a “despot,” a “fascist”, and an “authoritarian.” Trump, on the other hand, has called Mamdani a “Communist lunatic.”

Mamdani has denied claims, mainly from conservatives, that he is a communist consistently correcting that he is a “Democratic Socialist.” Democratic Socialist differ from full-fledged Socialists in that, while they believe achieving socialist goals through democratic processes, they reject the traditional authoritarian, and centra

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