New Delhi: US President Donald J. Trump met Mayor-Elect of New York City Zohran K. Mamdani Friday, and rather than a “showdown with a socialist” the meeting has led to the two New Yorkers finding a common ground—affordability.

The meeting, which was much-awaited, made for good television, as the two men, who spent months attacking one another, surprised the cameras with smiles, pats, handshakes and a surprising buddy vibe. Trump has labelled Mamdani a “communist lunatic” at one point, while the Mayor-Elect has called the American President a “fascist” and a “despot”.

Mamdani’s meeting, unlike a number of foreign leaders who met Trump in the Oval Office earlier this year, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, did not play out as co

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