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Source: theguardian.com

<p>President also due to hold meetings with 11 world leaders</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campaign=BN22326&utm_content=signup&utm_term=standfirst&utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Sign up for US Breaking News emails</a></p><p>Donald Trump said on Monday that he hoped <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Zohran Mamdani</a> would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader whom the president and his Republican allies have spent months holding up as a symbol of the Democratic party’s alleged embrace of “communism” ahead of the November midterms.</p><p>At a news conference following their closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, Trump and Mamdani appeared friendly as they have in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/trump-mamdani-white-house-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">previous</a> meetings. Mamdani said he and Trump held a “wide-ranging” discussion, which touched on affordable housing and immigration, but did not offer extensive details regarding any disagreements between them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/22/donald-trump-unga-speech-iran-middle-east-ukraine-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>