President Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, put on a remarkable display of bonhomie in the Oval Office on Friday, with Trump showering praise on the democratic socialist and promising to help him succeed.

Just weeks ago, Trump was warning New York voters that electing Mamdani would amount to an existential threat to the nation’s largest city.

“I expect to be helping him, not hurting him — a big help,” Trump said, adding, “I think this mayor can do some things that are going to be really great.”

For his part, Mamdani, who had vowed on the campaign trail to stand up to the president, called their meeting “productive” and said that he looked forward to working with Trump to improve life in New York.

Trump and Mamdani, who had lobbed labels like “communist”

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