Mamdani says he still thinks President Trump is a fascist

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00:00Is the honeymoon over so soon? It was barely three days ago when President Trump met with

00:06New York Mayor-elect Zoram Mamdani in the Oval Office, and the two adversaries were

00:11anything but adversarial. This odd couple was yucking it up for the camera. The memes

00:17after the meeting were fire. Which brings us to Sunday's Meet the Press, where Mamdani seems to

00:24have had a change of heart. In that press conference with President Trump, a reporter

00:29asked you whether you believe that President Trump is in fact a fascist, a word that you've used

00:34in the past. You were about to answer, then President Trump sort of jumped in and he said,

00:39quote, that's okay, you can just say yes, it's easier than explaining it. So, Mr. Mayor-elect,

00:45just to be very clear, do you think that President Trump is a fascist?

00:49And after President Trump said that, I said yes.

00:52So you do?

00:52And that's something that I've said in the past, I say it today.

00:55He also went on to agree that he believes President Trump is a threat to democracy,

00:59but that doesn't mean he thinks his meeting with the president was a waste of time.

01:05Mamdani says they discussed what is perhaps the biggest issue for voters and something they

01:09kind of sort of agree on, affordability. I swear you will be so tired of that word by next November,

01:15but it is a big deal. The two spoke about the difficulties of building housing in the

01:20country's most populous city. And Mamdani said that while he stands by his plan to tax the rich

01:25to pay for those plans, he's open to other sources, ones that the president could potentially help make

01:31a reality.