&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Not 'communist lunatic' but 'talented politician': Trump praised Mamdani in private conversations? What we know")
For a long time, US President Donald Trump kept calling Zohran Mamdani, now mayor-elect of New York City, as “communist lunatic” who has a “grating voice and looks terrible.” After his historic victory in the polls this week, Trump might have softened his stance towards Mamdani. In his first public reaction, he hinted at helping Mamdani even as he critisised Democrats for giving a chance to “communist” like him. However, a report suggested that Trump thinks differently of Mamdani. He has reportedly praised the 34-year-old politician as a “talented politician."
The NY Times quoted two unnamed people and said that Trump described Mamdani as a “talented politician, calling him slick and a good talker.” This comes as a major U-turn as Trump had warned about holding federal funds for NYC if they voted for Mamdani. However, he has now said that he might “help him a little bit maybe.” This also comes at the backdrop of Mamdani's first speech after victory wherein he said, “So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up.” The US president called it a very “angry speech…certainly angry towards me.” He then advised the young politician to be nice to him. "You know, I’m the one that sort of has to approve a lot of things coming to him. So he’s off to a bad start," added Trump. Mamdani, on the other hand, said that he was ready to engage with US President Donald Trump to figure out how he can serve New York better. He said that though the White House has not congratulated him, he is ready to talk to Trump on the issue of cost of living.
Zohran Mamdani's victory and aftermath
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani registered a spectacular victory in New York Mayoral elections on Nov 4 by defeating Trump-backed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an independent candidate, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani knows that he has created history as he is the man of many firsts - first Indian-American to be the mayor of NYC, first immigrant mayor of NYC, first Muslim mayor of NYC, first South Asian mayor of NYC and the youngest mayor of the city in over a century.
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After his victory, he introduced the five women who will co-chair his transition. Among them is Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission under Joe Biden, and Maria Torres-Springer, who resigned her post as deputy mayor under outgoing mayor Eric Adams due to his engagement with Trump.
Meanwhile, Mamdani's first outing after win was with US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Nepalese restaurant called Laliguras Bistro. Images of two having momos, chilli chicken and chai (tea) went viral!
