Zohran Mamdani says he nonetheless believes Trump is a ‘fascist’ after cordial White House assembly: Latest | EUROtoday

The incoming chief of the nation’s largest metropolis was on Meet the Press on Sunday after a Friday assembly with Trump on the White House. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, represents a part of his celebration’s rising left flank because the larger Democratic coalition shifts and reorganizes itself following the devastating 2024 elections, which noticed them lose key seats within the Senate in addition to the presidency.

Mamdani reiterated that he thought he may work with Trump, a prospect that appeared pretty apparent to most individuals watching Friday’s assembly between the mayor-elect and a beaming, glad president who appeared virtually enamored together with his visitor and his calls to reinvigorate the town of New York because the cameras rolled. Trump, for his half, denied racist accusations from members of his personal celebration who declare that Mamdani, the town’s first Muslim mayor, was a “jihadist”.

According to the ballot, 76 p.c of respondents mentioned they felt the president had not adequately justified the U.S.’s aggression towards the South American nation, which has so far taken the type of rhetoric and strikes towards alleged “drug boats.”

Senator Amy Klobuchar responded to criticism from President Donald Trump and different Republicans over a video by Democratic lawmakers — a lot of whom are veterans — urging members of the navy and intelligence group to “refuse illegal orders.”

“Well, it’s very clear in this code for the military, you cannot follow unlawful orders,” Klobuchar, a Democrat, mentioned Sunday on NBC News’ Meet the Press.

Klobuchar later added: “But the key is, this has been a long-time tenet of the American military, and it is very clearly right there, and that is all our colleagues were saying, and they have every right to say it. They have served our country bravely, they know what they’re talking about.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the Ukraine peace talks in Geneva in the present day.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Democratic lawmakers who printed a video this week urging service members to “refuse illegal orders.”

“What I am confident of is that this was a display of gross, gross negligence,” Bessent mentioned Sunday on NBC News’ Meet the Press. He didn’t reply a query about whether or not the Trump administration is issuing unlawful orders.

“There is one commander in chief, and when you step outside of the chain of command and try to create the noise and chaos, that only helps our enemies,” he added.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican, appeared to handle President Donald Trump’s response to the six Democrats who filmed a video urging the navy to “refuse illegal orders” this week.

Trump claimed Thursday the video was “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” and in one other publish claimed such conduct is “punishable by DEATH.” Trump went on to label them “TRAITORS” on Saturday night time.

CBS News’ Margaret Brennan requested Paul about Trump’s “dangerous rhetoric” on Sunday.

“You know, everybody knows that the President is famous for his unfiltered social media,” Paul mentioned. “But if you take at face value the idea that calling your opponents traitors and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible, there are a number of other ways to describe it, but it’s not something that is helping the country heal wounds.”

“I think it stirs things up and- and really, I think we can do better,” he added.

Latino Republicans are warning the GOP that the 2025 elections earlier this month present that their celebration dangers shedding the good points President Donald Trump made with Hispanic voters in 2024.

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat who urged members of the navy and intelligence group to “defy illegal orders” in a video along with her colleagues this week, known as President Donald Trump’s response a “tool of fear.”

On Truth Social this week, Trump labelled the video “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR,” and at one level claimed that sedition is “punishable by DEATH.”

“He’s trying to get us to shut up because he doesn’t want to be talking about this,” Slotkin mentioned Sunday on ABC News’ This Week.

“In fact, I would argue that one of the things that he’s been doing by repeating it and talking about it is trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, which were the [Jeffrey] Epstein files and then the economy,” she added.

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