During a Friday presser from the White House’s Oval Office, President Donald Trump offered some rare kind words to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after their meeting, saying, “I think he is gonna surprise some conservative people, actually.”
Responding to the first question of the presser, from the New York Post’s Steven Nelson, Trump said, “He’s got views that are, uhh, out there, but who knows? I mean, we’re gonna see what works. He’s gonna change, also. We all change. I changed a lot from when I first came to office.”
“We had discussions on some things,” continued Trump. “I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he is gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won’t surprise, because they already like him,” the president concluded, with a glance and smile to Mamdani.
Of course, if you're an MSNBC-obsessed, Trump-hating gold-card member of The Resistance, you were furious that Mamdani met with Trump at all. As anything short of the NYC mayor-elect marching into the White House, screaming “fascist” a hundred times, and storming out in triumph feels highly disappointing. But if you're a practical person who actually cares about the needs of working-class voters, you know Mamdani did the right thing. After all, judging from his meeting Mamdani seems to understand that comparing Trump to Hitler helps none of the 10-plus million people he’ll soon represent, and that meeting with the President doesn’t compromise his principles. As he can now call out the administration whenever it puts politics over people—especially in areas where they disagree. In other words, Mamdani’s playing the long game over the short one, which is what smart politicians do.
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