New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has described the “weirdest” factor he noticed throughout his go to to the White Home to satisfy president Donald Trump. Talking on The Adam Friedland Present on Monday, Mamdani stated he seen a stack of coffee-table books on a desk, together with one titled UFC on the White Home. “I had no concept, and I used to be simply flippin’, flippin’ by means of that,” he stated. UFC White Home is an upcoming combined martial arts occasion that may happen in June 2026, on the South Garden of the White Home.
Requested if he deliberate to attend the White Home UFC occasion scheduled for June, Mamdani merely stated, “No,” prompting laughter from the host and himself.Friedland additionally requested how Mamdani stayed composed in the course of the White Home information convention, the place observers had been stunned by his calm manner. Mamdani stated he centered on his priorities for town. “Actually, I used to be simply interested by New York Metropolis,” he stated.The current assembly between Mamdani and Trump marked a pointy distinction to their contentious relationship in the course of the mayoral marketing campaign. Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo within the Democratic major after which beat him once more within the common election, after Cuomo launched an unbiased bid alongside Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani gained the November 4 vote with a transparent majority.All through the race, Trump repeatedly criticised Mamdani, calling him a “communist lunatic” and questioning his health for workplace, whereas additionally threatening to withhold federal funding from New York if Mamdani gained.Nevertheless, on the White Home assembly final week, Trump appeared to reverse his stance, praising Mamdani and saying he would really feel comfy dwelling in New York Metropolis.