00:00Picture this. Zoran Mamdani, the incoming New York City mayor, proud Democratic Socialist,
00:08standing next to President Donald Trump like a schoolboy in front of the principal.
00:14Awkward? You bet. Histotic? Absolutely.
00:18In a White House meeting nobody saw coming, these two political firebrands,
00:24who've torn strips off each other over immigration, economics, everything,
00:28actually found common ground. After Mamdani's landslide win earlier this month,
00:35he asked for the sit-down. Cost of living, public safety, real talk.
00:41What happened next? A master class in the Oval Office diplomacy, or at least a very surprising truce.
00:49We had a meeting today that actually surprised me. He wants to see no crime.
00:54He wants to see housing being built. He wants to see rents coming down, all things that I agree with.
01:00Trump welcomed the mayor-elect with open arms, literally.
01:05Cameras caught them laughing in the same room where Trump has roasted world leaders for sport.
01:11Here are five unforgettable moments where the drama melted away.
01:15Republican Elise Stefanik has campaigned multiple times by calling Zora Mamdani a jihadist.
01:26Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now in the Oval Office?
01:29No, I don't, but she's out there campaigning.
01:32And, you know, you say things sometimes in a campaign.
01:37Isn't that sort of...
01:37She's a very capable person, but you really have to ask her about that, but I don't particularly...
01:44I think I met with a very...
01:45I met with a man who's a very rational person.
01:49I met with a man who wants to see...
01:50Really wants to see New York be great again, and I can say again.
01:55Two.
01:56Trump doesn't mind being called a fascist.
02:01Affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
02:03I've spoken about...
02:04That's okay, you can just say yes, though.
02:06Okay?
02:07It's easier.
02:09It's easier than explaining it that much.
02:12Three.
02:13Same ideas on affordability.
02:16Remember when Trump threatened to pull federal funds and send the National Guard if Mamdani won?
02:22Yeah, about that.
02:24In the Oval Office, total harmony on people's wallets.
02:28Mamdani.
02:29We're the wealthiest city in history, yet one in five New Yorkers can't afford $2.90 for a Metro card.
02:38Trump, the same guy who called him a radical left lunatic, lights up and says some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have.
02:47You know, we had some interesting conversation, and some of his ideas really are the same ideas that I have.
02:55But a big thing on cost, you know, the new word is affordability.
03:00Another word is just groceries.
03:02It's sort of an old-fashioned word, but it's very accurate.
03:05And they're coming down, they're coming down high.
03:07They were...
03:08Four.
03:09Trump would live in Mamdani's New York.
03:13Mamdani wants rent freezes, higher taxes on the top 1%.
03:17Trump once predicted the rich would flee to Florida.
03:21So the reporter asks the million-dollar question,
03:25Mr. President, would you feel comfortable living in New York under Mayor Mamdani?
03:30Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Mamdani administration?
03:34Yeah, I would.
03:35I really would.
03:36Especially after the meeting.
03:37Absolutely.
03:38What makes you comfortable?
03:40We agree on a lot more than I would have thought.
03:44I think he's...
03:45I want him to do a great job, and we'll help him do a great job.
03:49Five.
03:49It's okay to take the plane.
03:53And finally, the lightest jab of the day.
03:56Mamdani posts a selfie on a plane from New York to D.C.
04:00Why not to train?
04:02The reporter asks the question,
04:04Mamdani starts talking free buses,
04:06Trump just cuts in protective.
04:09If he flew, it's a lot quicker.
04:11He's working hard.
04:12That's a long drive.
04:14I'll stick up for you.
04:16I'll use every form of transit,
04:18and I want to make sure that they're all affordable in New York City,
04:20and that's why making buses fast and free is a centerpiece of work.
04:23There is a bus that goes...
04:24I know, but if he flew, that's a lot quicker, too.
04:26You know, I mean, he's working very hard.
04:29For him to be...
04:30That's a long...
04:31That's a very...
04:32That's a very long drive.
04:34I'll stick up for you.
04:35You know, the plane takes you 30 minutes,
04:37and driving takes you a long time.
04:38That's pretty much...
04:38In an era of endless shouting,
04:41one afternoon in the Oval Office reminded us
04:44politics doesn't always have to be a blood sport.
04:48Will the bromance last?
04:50Well, who knows?
04:52But for one day, New York and America felt a little less broken.
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