President Trump’s new friend: Zohran Mamdani?

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the White House Friday. Trump previously called Mamdani a “Communist”; Mamdani has called Trump a “fascist.” Yet the two New Yorkers stated that they want to work together to bring the cost of living down for New York; Trump even said he was “cheering” for Mamdani’s success. Mamdani is an open socialist and, by many definitions, a Communist, but Trump has shown himself willing to befriend anyone to achieve his goals. It could be a ploy to undermine the man who has been touted as the new face of the Democratic Party; Trump certainly has leverage because of New York’s dependence on federal funding. Whatever the president is doing, these are bizarre days in American politics.