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Zohran Mamdani met Donald Trump in the White House this evening after winning New York’s mayoral election earlier this month.

But the meeting took an unexpected turn when the US president, who previously described Mamdani as a ‘communist’, told him ‘it’s OK’ to call him a ‘fascist’.

When a reporter asked Mamdani whether he stands by his previous remark that Donald is a fascist, New York’s mayor-elect replied ‘I’ve spoken about…’ before Trump jumped in, saying: ‘That’s ok, you can just say it.’

He added that ‘it’s easier than explaining it, I don’t mind’, before patting him on the shoulder as both smiled.

Before the meeting Mamdani said he wanted to work with Trump –

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