US President Donald Trump on Friday struck an unexpectedly conciliatory tone after his first Oval Office meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, calling the closed-door session “a really good, very productive meeting,” a stark contrast to the months of combative rhetoric exchanged during the campaign. Advertisement

“We’ve just had a great meeting, a really good, very productive meeting,” Trump said from behind the Resolute Desk, with Mamdani standing beside him. The praise marked a dramatic shift for the President, who had repeatedly mocked the 34-year-old Democrat and branded him a “radical left lunatic” during the race.

Trump applauded Mamdani’s win and signalled he now wants him to succeed. “The better he does, the happier I am,” he said. “We have one thing in common,

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