Trump, Mamdani Strike Cordial Tone in Oval Office Meet [WATCH]

President Donald Trump met face-to-face with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday — the first sit-down between the MAGA king and the Marxist.

Cameras rolled as Trump remained seated while Mamdani stood by his side, taking a few quick questions. But the tone surprised the room: the pair found common ground.

“We have one thing in common,” Trump said Friday. “We want this city of ours that we love to do very well. And I wanted to congratulate the mayor. He really ran an incredible race against, you know, a lot of smart people, starting with the early primaries against some very tough people, very smart people. And he beat them, and he beat them easily. And I congratulated him, and we talked about some things in very strong common, like housing, getting housing built, food, and prices.”

“I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor and the better he does, the happier I am,” Trump said. “I will say there’s no difference in party, there’s no difference in anything. And we’re going to be helping him to make everybody’s dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York.”

Trump said that despite their political differences, they intend to work together, especially on shared priorities like affordability and lowering the cost of living.

“He’s got views that (are) a little out there, but who knows? And then we’ll get to see what works, or he’s going to change also. We all change,” Trump said. “I changed a lot. Changed a lot from when I first came to office, it’s now quite a while ago, quite a while. My first term was great. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We’re doing even better now. We’re doing much better now than we did even in the first term. And I can tell you, some of my views have changed.”

The president predicted Mamdani “is going to surprise some conservative people, actually, and some very liberal people.”

The mayor-elect added that he was appreciative of the meeting and said it largely focused on how to better New York City and pull citizens out of spiraling costs.

“I think both President Trump and I — we are very clear about our positions and our views,” Mamdani said. “And what I really appreciate about the president is that the meeting that we had focused not on places of disagreement, which there are many, and also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers.

“And, frankly, that is something that could transform the lives of the 8.5 million people who are currently struggling under a cost-of-living crisis, with one in four living in poverty,” he said. “And the meeting came back again and again to what it could look like to lift those New Yorkers out of struggle and start to deliver them a city that they could do more than just struggle to afford it, but actually start to live in it.”

Watch the event below:

WATCH: President Trump Holds a Meeting with Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-Elect of New York City – 11/21/25 pic.twitter.com/Rk9jWs4zlF

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[h/t Fox News]