New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stood by his previous statements calling President Donald Trump a “fascist” and a “threat to democracy.”

Mamdani recorded an interview on Saturday with NBC News’s Meet the Press , which aired on Sunday. Host Kristen Welker followed up on a question Mamdani received while standing next to Trump in the Oval Office on Friday about the president being fascist .

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“Mr. mayor-elect, just to be very clear. Do you think that President Trump is a fascist?” Welker asked.

“After President Trump said that, I said, ‘Yes,’

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