{"id":303015,"date":"2025-11-24T04:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303015\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T04:02:14","slug":"said-it-in-past-say-it-today-zohran-mamdani-stands-by-calling-donald-trump-a-fascist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303015\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Said it in past, say it today\u2019: Zohran Mamdani stands by calling Donald Trump a fascist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New York\u2019s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday made it clear he has not walked back his long-held view that US President Donald Trump is a \u201cfascist\u201d, even after the two struck an unexpectedly cordial tone during their first meeting at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Zohran Zohran Mamdani sticks to \u2018fascist\u2019 remark even as meeting with Donald Trump turns friendly(AP, AFP) <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something that I\u2019ve said in the past, I say it today,\u201d Mamdani <\/a>told NBC News, reaffirming his stance when asked if he still believed the president fit that description.<\/p>\n

The incoming leftist leader and self-described Democratic Socialist met Trump<\/a> on Friday, putting aside months of barbed exchanges and vowing to work together on the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Trump-Mamdani viral moment<\/p>\n

During their joint appearance at the White House, Trump even came to Mamdani\u2019s rescue when a reporter pressed the mayor-elect on whether he still viewed the president as a fascist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s OK. You can just say it. That\u2019s easier<\/a>,\u201d Trump interjected. \u201cIt\u2019s easier than explaining it. I don\u2019t mind.\u201d The moment quickly went viral online, with many noting the unexpected camaraderie between the two.<\/p>\n

The exchange marked a sharp shift from their earlier clashes, which saw Trump label Mamdani a \u201c100% Communist Lunatic<\/a>\u201d and a \u201ctotal nut job\u201d, while Mamdani warned he would be Trump\u2019s \u201cworst nightmare\u201d and accused the administration of being \u201cauthoritarian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oval Office meet was \u2018productive\u2019: Mamdani<\/p>\n

Speaking to NBC, the mayor-elect said he appreciated that the conversation with Trump was frank and not shy about disagreements. \u201cI appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president was that we were not shy about the places of disagreement, about the politics that has brought us to this moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that the Oval Office meeting repeatedly circled back to his core campaign themes \u2014 \u201cthe cost of housing, cost of child care, the cost of groceries, the cost of utilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite previously threatening to cut federal funding to New York City <\/a>and deploying the National Guard, Trump on Friday praised Mamdani\u2019s historic win and said he believed the mayor-elect could do a \u201cgreat job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be helping him to make everybody\u2019s dream come true: having a strong and very safe New York,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday made it clear he has not walked back his long-held view…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[136022,1376,136021,43,136020,44,41,39,42,40,5148,136023],"class_list":["post-303015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-democratic-socialist","tag-donald-trump","tag-fascist","tag-headlines","tag-new-york-mayor-elect","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-zohran-mamdani","tag-zohran-mamdani-fascist-remark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}