"Zohran Mamdani, the incoming Mayor of New York City has had a volatile relationship with President Trump. He's called the president a fascist. Trump, in return, has called him a "little communist mayor," and warned that he may send in the National Guard. The administration also said it will expand ICE operations in the city. But when the two leaders finally met face to face recently it was, to many people's surprise, cordial."
""We agree on a lot more than I would have thought. I want him to do a great job, and we'll help him do a great job," the president said. Soon the internet was flooded with memes of the president looking admiringly up at Mamdani. The next day's New York Post cover read "I love you Mam." But many New Yorkers say they're taking it all with a grain of salt and remaining on guard."
Zohran Mamdani, incoming mayor of New York City, had a volatile relationship with President Trump, including mutual insults and administration threats of National Guard deployment and expanded ICE operations. The leaders met face to face in a cordial encounter, and Trump publicly praised Mamdani; social media responded with memes and a favorable New York Post cover. Many New Yorkers remain skeptical of rapid tone shifts and worry about increased immigration enforcement. An undocumented Queens street vendor described a recent ICE pursuit, said she hid in a stairway, and expressed fear that the city could face large-scale raids.
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