President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have hurled attacks at each other for months — but on Friday, they seemed to hit it off.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, needed to avoid the mercurial Republican president using the might of the federal government to cut New York City’s aid or send in the National Guard. Trump allies wanted the president to show he would prevent the Big Apple from being bankrupted by socialism.

"Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card."

That collegial interaction was nearly unthinkable in the lead-up to the meeting, but the leader of the MAGA movement and the self-described democratic socialist made clear their conversation was a productive one – friendly,

President Donald Trump and New York's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani come from opposite parties and have spent months sniping at each other.

President Donald Trump had nothing but good things to say about NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani following a White House meeting on Nov. 21.

Mamdani said he sees the White House meeting as an opportunity to "make the case" for New Yorkers to Trump, who has threatened to withhold funding from the city.