Trump Gushed That Zohran Mamdani Was ‘Better Looking in Person’ After Feuding For Months | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump was apparently shocked that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is “even better looking in person” after assembly him for the primary time.

During the political pair’s surprisingly cordial assembly on the White House final month, which befell after the 2 publicly traded blows for weeks, the president seemingly marveled over Mamdani’s appears, based on a brand new Mamdani profile in New York Magazine.

When Mamdani strolled into the Oval Office moments earlier than the right-wing chief and self-proclaimed democratic socialist spoke with the press, Trump uttered aloud, “Wow, you are even better looking in person than you are on TV.”

New York Magazine reporter David Freedlander, who attended the highly-publicized assembly, added, “The tone never changed from there, with Trump seeming legitimately impressed by Mamdani.”

Trump’s feedback about Mamdani’s look have been a stark distinction from what he mentioned concerning the mayor-elect throughout an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Nov. 2.

After journalist Norah O’Donnell requested Trump, 79, what he considered folks evaluating Mamdani, 34, to a “charismatic” left-wing model of himself, he bluntly replied, “Well, I think I’m a much better looking person than him.”

Trump’s chummy assembly with Mamdani stunned the nation, contemplating the sharp jabs the pair lobbed at one another main as much as the summit.

The president repeatedly falsely referred to Mamdani as a “communist” whereas the mayor-elect referred to as out Trump as a “despot” and a “fascist.” Mamdani has denied being a communist.

Their feud reached a brand new top in September after Trump, a New York native, threatened to withhold funding from New York City ought to Mamdani win the mayoral race.

Trump additionally declared in a Truth Social publish that Mamdani would face “problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”

At one level throughout their Nov. 21 assembly, Mamdani was requested if he nonetheless thinks Trump is a fascist. Before he may reply, the president chimed in, telling him, “That’s OK, you can just say ‘yes’. It’s easier than explaining it, I don’t mind.”

“OK, yes,” Mamdani responded with a smile as Trump smiled again and patted him on his arm.

But after the assembly, the mayor-elect caught to his weapons concerning his preliminary opinion of Trump.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mamdani was requested but once more whether or not he thinks Trump is a fascist.

“That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today,” he replied. “And I think what I 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.”