WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has called New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has called Trump’s administration “authoritarian” and described himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.”

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So their first-ever meeting, scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. EST at the White House, could be a curious and combustible affair. The White House said Mamdani arrived shortly before the start of the meeting, choosing to enter quietly instead of going through the scrum of journalists awaiting him.

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