On Friday afternoon, Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York branded a raging red “Commie”, arrived in the White House for an anticipated ideological showdown with president Donald Trump. President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House. As Trump noted, big names, world leaders, have visited the White House on days like this and nobody cared. Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been both traduced and flattered by Trump in the White House. Beaming happily, Trump said he’d found the painting languishing in the White House basement and had had it reframed and hung.

Source: The Irish Times November 22, 2025 09:32 UTC