After months of trading barbs, US President Donald Trump met with New York Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday, and, instead of taking potshots at each other, the duo swapped compliments , much to the surprise of US lawmakers and the public at large.

Despite having clashed over everything from immigration to economic policy in the run-up to the New York mayoral polls, Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, and Trump, a billionaire-turned-politician seemed to strike up a rapport at the White House. Also Read | Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after public fallout with Trump

In sharp reversal from his earlier comments on Mamdani, Trump told reporters on Friday, “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually."

"We agree on a lot more than I w

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