President Trump says Zohran Mamdani is not a 'jihadist'

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00:00There will be topics that we disagree on.

00:02I think we'll probably come to a conclusion.

00:04And ultimately, he'll convince me, or I'll convince him, you know, it's for the good of New York.

00:10Ultimately, it's for the good of New York.

00:12I don't care about affiliations or parties or anything else.

00:16I want to see if this city could be unbelievable, if he could be a spectacular success, I'd be very happy.

00:22Do you think you guys will meet more in the future, too?

00:24Do you think you'll meet again in the future, you know, throughout the administration?

00:26I think we will. I hope we do.

00:29I enjoyed the meeting. We had a great meeting. Please.

00:31Mr. President, Republican Elise Stefanik has campaigned multiple times by calling Zora Mamdani a jihadist.

00:37Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now in the Oval Office?

00:40No, I don't. But she's out there campaigning.

00:43And, you know, you say things sometimes in a campaign.

00:48Isn't that sort of divisive?

00:49She's a very capable person.

00:51Isn't that kind of leading?

00:52You really have to ask her about that.

00:54But I don't particularly I think I met with a very I met with a man who is a very rational person.

01:00I met with a man who wants to see really wants to see New York be great again.

01:04And I can say again, because New York was great.

01:07You know, when I came down to Washington initially, the city was so hot.

01:12It was doing great.

01:13And we were having some telltale signs of problems.

01:17We had a mayor that was not doing a great job.

01:20But still, it was moving along.

01:23And it went bad.

01:26It really went, you know, pretty bad.

01:28And he can I think it's been at lower points, but it went pretty bad.

01:33I think he can bring it back.

01:34Now, the question is, will he bring it back all the way?

01:36Will he bring it back greater than ever before, which is I guarantee that's his wish.

01:41I think he wants to make it greater than ever before.

01:44And if he can, we'll be out there cheering.

01:47I'll be cheering for him.

01:48OK, thank you very much, everybody.