New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s bizarre Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump continues to spiral into political surrealism — and the newest detail may be the strangest yet. Multiple outlets now report that Mamdani directly asked Trump whether he considered himself a fascist. Trump’s response: “If you want to call me that, you can.” Mamdani replied: “Okay.”
The deadpan exchange has ricocheted across social media as a perfect encapsulation of the odd, stiff-smiling dynamic between two politicians who recently spent months raging against each other online.
The moment caps off a bitter, deeply personal mayoral race in which Trump went all-in for Mamdani’s opponent, Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Trump not only endorsed Cuomo but amplified MAGA-world attacks on Mamdani, who endured r

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