A recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and New York’s Mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, has been in the news for unexpected reasons. Political rivals Mamdani and Trump had a customary meeting in the Oval Office on Friday (21st November). Quite contrary to popular expectations, both leaders displayed surprising warmth and cordiality toward each other after the meeting.

However, one particular moment from the media interaction post the much-publicised meeting, which stood out, was when President Donald Trump chose to defend Mamdani, who was confronted by the media about his past remarks against Trump.

Trump jokingly dismisses Mamdani’s ‘fascist’ label for him

Notably, during his election campaign, Mamdani had called Trump “despot” and a “fascist”, a favourite jibe of the Left polit

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