US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani react as they speak to members of the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US.

New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Sunday said he still believes US President Donald Trump is a “fascist" and a “despot", but maintained that the two can work together on issues that matter to New Yorkers.

“That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today," Mamdani told NBC’s “Meet the Press" when asked whether he continues to view the President as “fascist".

NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed further, noting: “You’ve called him a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is a threat to democracy?"

To this, the Indian American mayor-elect replied: “Everything that I’ve said in the past, I conti

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