{"id":152334,"date":"2026-03-04T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:50:30","slug":"trump-says-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-made-big-progress-on-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152334\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani made ‘big progress’ on Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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President Donald Trump<\/a> said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made “big progress” in embracing the Declaration of Independence during a meeting at the Oval Office, using the moment to spotlight what he described as a significant shift in tone.<\/p>\n

“Zohran has come a long way embracing, of course, the Declaration of Independence while at The Oval Office \u2013 Big progress! President DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Trump included a photo of Mamdani<\/a> standing in front of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n

\"Mamdani <\/p>\n

President Trump said NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani made “big progress” embracing the Declaration of Independence after their Oval Office meeting. (President Donald Trump via Truth Social)<\/p>\n

The post comes less than a week after Mamdani visited President Donald Trump at the White House<\/a> for a previously unscheduled meeting, where the two discussed immigration and housing issues affecting New York City.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Mamdani wrote that Trump told him Columbia University student Elaina Aghayeva, who he said had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier that day, would be released.<\/p>\n

“Just got off the phone with President Trump,” Mamdani wrote. “In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elaina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE<\/a> this morning. He just informed me that she will be released imminently.”<\/p>\n

MAMDANI, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE BEEN TEXTING AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK \u2014 AS UNLIKELY BROMANCE BLOSSOMS: SOURCES<\/a><\/p>\n

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani meets with President Trump at the White House on Feb. 26, 2026. (\u00a0Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani via X)<\/p>\n

Despite the public display of cordiality, Mamdani later criticized the U.S. military strikes on Iran that he said marked an escalation of conflict.<\/p>\n

“Today\u2019s military strikes on Iran \u2013 carried out by the United States and Israel \u2013 mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression,” Mamdani wrote. “Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change.”<\/p>\n

TRUMP TELLS NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI COLUMBIA STUDENT DETAINED BY ICE WILL BE RELEASED<\/a><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.\u00a0 (The White House via X Account\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He added that Americans prefer “relief from the affordability crisis” and addressed members of New York City\u2019s Iranian community<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n

“You are part of the fabric of this city \u2013 you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders,” Mamdani wrote. “You will be safe here.”<\/p>\n

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The post drew criticism from conservatives on social media, who argued Mamdani\u2019s response appeared sympathetic to Iran\u2019s regime<\/a> and noted his lack of public reaction to Iranian protesters killed in recent years.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Related Article \"Mamdani's<\/a> <\/p>\n

Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Story tips and ideas can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153,9,24,56,63,65,64,62420,5561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-152334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-war-with-iran","16":"tag-white-house","17":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}