Zohran Mamdani said, “I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president was that we were not shy about the places of disagreement.”

New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday made it clear he has not walked back his long-held view that US President Donald Trump is a “fascist”, even after the two struck an unexpectedly cordial tone during their first meeting at the White House .

“That’s something that I’ve said in the past, I say it today,” Mamdani told , reaffirming his stance when asked if he still believed the president fit that description.

The incoming leftist leader and self-described Democratic Socialist met Trump on Friday, putting aside months of barbed exchanges and vowing to work together on the city’s future.

During their joint appearance at the W

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