Why Donald Trump Seems Taken With Zohran Mamdani - The Atlantic

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 22 Nov 2025 16:45:45 UTC All snapshots from host www.theatlantic.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee SKIP TO CONTENT Site Navigation Popular Latest Newsletters Sign In Subscribe POLITICS Why Donald Trump Seems Taken With Zohran Mamdani The president likes winners. And the mayor-elect proved he can charm a foe. By Michael Powell Jim Watson / AFP / Getty NOVEMBER 21, 2025, 10:55 PM ET SHARE SAVE Today’s White House meeting between New York’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, and President Donald Trump suggests that maybe, just maybe, the U.S. government won’t go to war with its largest city. The event was much anticipated as blood sport, a showdown between a young communist and an old despot, to use their favored insults for each other. Instead, the two men put on such a show of good manners that at times I had to laugh out loud at the stagecraft. After a closed-door meeting, Trump and Mamd

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