Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect of New York City, and he met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office on November 21, 2025. Despite previously referring to Mamdani as a "communist" on Truth Social and threatening to withhold federal money to New York City if Mamdani was elected, Trump appeared to be impressed by Mamdani , even unexpectedly praising him after their meeting. Then there were the memes of how Trump was captured looking at Mamdani, with a lot more love than we've seen him show Vice President JD Vance.
Trump seemed so taken with Mamdani that he wore an out-of-character outfit the day after their meeting that just so happened to look a lot like something Mamdani once wore. Through it all, Vance seems to be desperate to get some of Trump's attention. Or at least try and prove

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