Mamdani Went From One-Hit Wonder to Legit Power Player — By Playing Trump Like a Fiddle

Colby Hall Nov 24th, 2025, 7:32 am

The Oval Office gaggle wasn’t supposed to change anything. It was supposed to be content — President Donald Trump and his newly elected progressive foil, each performing the roles cable news has spent months codifying. Conservative media had already settled on its narrative. The White House press corps arrived expecting friction, spectacle, maybe even fireworks.

What they got instead was a different story — not about conflict, but about alignment.

For weeks, I’ve been wrestling with the same question everyone whispered after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s shocking voting margin: Did New Yorkers vote for the candidate or the agenda? His affordability platform

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