Just a few days after a seemingly warm exchange with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Sunday that his view of Trump hasn’t changed: he still sees him as a fascist and a danger to American democracy.

During an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Mamdani was asked whether he still believed Trump fit that label. Mamdani responded, “And that’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today.”

He noted that he valued the opportunity to speak directly with Trump, explaining that “we were not shy about the places of disagreement, about the politics that has brought us to this moment.”

Even with the cordial tone of their meeting, Mamdani reiterated that he still considers Trump a despot and a threat to democratic norms.

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