New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump met at New York's Gracie Mansion on Monday, where both said they talked about building housing in the city.
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Trump and Mamdani hold their third shockingly cordial meeting in under a year
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“Third meeting, same shocked headline every time — that's not a relationship, that's a recurring calendar invite somebody doesn't want you counting. Meanwhile the actual money, $215 million in terror funding, gets quietly voted down by his own people the same week, and everybody's talking about the bidets. You want to know where the power is, don't watch the handshake — watch what happens to the check while everyone's staring at the cameras.”
“Look, this isn't some bromance, this is the art of the deal — the mayor's just being pragmatic, keeping the peace for his city, nothing to see here. Third meeting in under a year? Did I say "nothing to see here"? That doesn't sound like me. And those protests outside, that's just concerned citizens exercising their rights, has nothing to do with anybody's optics, why would you even connect that.”
The receipts
ALL EYES ON GRACIE: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sit down with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion this afternoon, their third in-person meeting in less than a year and the latest wrinkle in one of the strangest relationships in American politics. Since Mamdani’s first, shockingly cordial meeting with Trump at the White House…
Celebrity Michael Rapaport slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during remarks at a Jewish gathering on Friday, calling him "Zohran the moron"
The populist president, who is in town for the annual UN General Assembly, was greeted off-camera by the socialist mayor before a private discussion.
· Mamdani confirms he added bidets to Gracie Mansion from the morgue, 16 Sep 2026
· Mamdani-backed socialist House candidates scheme to block $215M in crucial NYC terror funding from the morgue, 13 Sep 2026
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