Trump Bends the Knee in White House... to Zohran?!

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Speaker 7 Wow, it looks like Donald Trump bent the knee to Zoran Mom Dami during their Oval Office meeting together. They held a press conference after, and Donald Trump was like fawning over Mom Dani.

Speaker 7 Let me just show you what happened. A reporter asked Mom Dani if you believe Donald Trump's a fascist.
And Donald Trump's like, you can call me that. Just call me whatever you want.

Speaker 7 Donald Trump bent the knee here. Play this clip.

Speaker 8 Clarify that your answer to Stephen Nelson. He asked about your comment calling the president a fascist.

Speaker 8 And your answer was, both President Trump and I have been clear about our positions and our views. Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?

Speaker 10 I've spoken about that.

Speaker 9 That's okay. You can just say.
Focus on that.

Speaker 9 It's easier.

Speaker 9 It's easier than explaining a pedal money.

Speaker 7 Donald Trump also then said that Momdani told him that a lot of the voters for Mamdani were Trump voters. And he's like, I'm great with that.
That's amazing. Here, play this clip.

Speaker 9 Refine it. And I think you're going to see some very positive things happen.

Speaker 9 Oh, sure. Oh, I would do that.
Absolutely. And the mayor would like to be here for that meeting because I know he feels very strongly.

Speaker 9 I think you feel very, very strongly about peace in the Middle East.

Speaker 10 We desperately want it.

Speaker 10 And that's something that I shared with the president, That when I spoke to New Yorkers who had voted for the president last November on Hillside Avenue and Fordham Road, I asked them why.

Speaker 10 I heard again and again two major reasons.

Speaker 10 One was that they wanted an end to forever wars, they wanted an end to the taxpayer dollars we had funding violations of human rights, and they wanted to address the cost of living crisis.

Speaker 10 And I appreciated the chance to discuss both of those things.

Speaker 9 You said a lot of my voters actually voted for him.

Speaker 9 One in ten. And I'm okay with that.

Speaker 9 I'll do that. I'll sign it.
Give it to me. I'll sign it in a minute.
That's pretty good. Mr.
President, Mr. President,

Speaker 9 you threatened the seven couple of years.

Speaker 7 Next up, Mamdani is asked by a reporter why you referred to Donald Trump as a despot. Watch Trump's response right here.
Play this clip.

Speaker 9 And some very liberal people who won't surprise him because they already like him.

Speaker 9 And Mr. Mamdani, it sounds like you had a productive discussion, but just days ago, you referred to President Trump as a despot who betrayed the country.

Speaker 9 You said he is worse than here and accused him of having a fascist agenda.

Speaker 9 Are you claiming to retract any of these remarks in order to improve the relationship?

Speaker 10 I think both President Trump and I, we are very clear about our positions and our views.

Speaker 10 And what I really appreciate about the President is the meeting that we had focused not on places of disagreement, which there are many, and also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers.

Speaker 10 And frankly, that is something that could transform the lives of eight and a half million people who are currently struggling under a cost of living crisis with one in four living in poverty.

Speaker 10 And the meeting came back again and again to what it could look like to lift those New Yorkers out of struggle and start to deliver them a city that they could do more than just struggle to afford it, but actually start to live in it.

Speaker 9 And I've been called much worse than a despot, so it's not

Speaker 9 that insulting.

Speaker 9 Maybe I think he'll change his mind after we get to working together. Yes, please.

Speaker 7 And Trump says that he thinks Momdami is going to be a great mayor, that he's going to be great for crime, that he's going to be great for the city, great for reducing crime, great for him and great for New York City.

Speaker 7 Huh? Here, play this clip.

Speaker 9 Very well. And I wanted to congratulate the mayor.
He really ran an incredible race against a lot of smart people, starting with the early primaries against some very tough people, very smart people.

Speaker 9 And he beat them, and he beat them easily. And I congratulated him.
And we talked about some things in very strong common,

Speaker 9 like housing and getting housing built, and

Speaker 9 food, and and prices and the price of oil is coming way down.

Speaker 9 Anything I do is going to be good for New York. If I can get prices down, it's good for New York.
And we've got them down way down from

Speaker 9 last year. We have,

Speaker 9 as you know, I've been saying to a lot of people, Walmart said that Thanksgiving this year is exactly 25% less than last year. So that's good for New York, good for everybody.

Speaker 9 But I just want to congratulate, I think you're going to have hopefully a really great mayor. The better he does, the happier I am, I will say.
There's no difference in party.

Speaker 9 There's no difference in anything. And we're going to be helping him to make everybody's dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York.
And congratulations, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you, Mr.

Speaker 9 President. Thank you.

Speaker 7 I appreciate it. And Mom Donnie responded that I appreciated meeting with Donald Trump.
Let's play this clip right here. Thank you.

Speaker 9 I appreciate it. Please.

Speaker 10 I appreciated the meeting with the president.

Speaker 10 And as he said, it was a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City, and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers, the 8.5 million people who call our city their home, who are struggling to afford life in the most expensive city in the United States of America.

Speaker 10 We spoke about rent. We spoke about groceries.
We spoke about utilities. We spoke about the different ways in which people are being pushed out.
And I appreciated the time with the President.

Speaker 10 I appreciated the conversation. I look forward to working together to deliver that affordability for New Yorkers.

Speaker 9 Thank you very much. Any questions, please, Mr.
Trump?

Speaker 7 Mayor-elect Mamdani then said that this is what I told the president, that I've been focused on affordability. Here, play this clip.

Speaker 9 You're both from different parts of the police perspective. You're both populists, though.
And I just wondered to what extent

Speaker 9 the president's campaign style, his techniques, his social media use inspired any parts of your campaign.

Speaker 10 Well, I actually told the president that, you know, so much of the focus of our campaign has been on the cost of living crisis.

Speaker 10 And when we asked those New Yorkers who had voted for the president, when we saw an increase in his numbers in New York City, that came back to the same issue: cost of living, cost of living, cost of living.

Speaker 10 And they spoke about the cost of groceries, the cost of rent, the cost of con ed, the cost of child care.

Speaker 10 And too often, politicians are looking to lecture to New Yorkers what they should care about as opposed to listen.

Speaker 10 And when we spoke to those voters who voted for President Trump, we heard them speak about cost of living. We focused on that same cost of living.

Speaker 10 And that's where I am really looking forward to delivering for New Yorkers in partnership with the president on the affordability agenda.

Speaker 9 And I think we have to work a little bit. We talked about Con Edison.

Speaker 9 We have to work a little bit on getting the prices because, you know, we've gotten fuel prices way down, but it hasn't shown up in Con Edison. And we're going to have to talk to them.
You know,

Speaker 9 if we're sending them fuel at a much lower price than it was a year ago, which is true, we have to get Con Edison to start lowering the rates. Absolutely.

Speaker 7 Trump then says that he believes Mamdani will do a very good job. Let's play it.

Speaker 10 President Trump is Stephen Nelson from the New York Post.

Speaker 9 I've got a question for you, and then also one for Maryland.

Speaker 9 For you, you've referred to Mr. Momdani as a communist.
Can you describe why you feel that way?

Speaker 9 And also, will you do anything to help stop him from arresting Prime Minister Ned Coffee if he decides to work?

Speaker 9 Well, we didn't discuss your second part of the question. And on your first part, I mean, he's got views a little out there, but who knows? I mean, we're going to see what works.

Speaker 9 He's going to change also. We all change.
I changed a lot. I changed a lot from when I first came to office.
It's now quite a while ago. It's quite a while.
My first term was great.

Speaker 9 We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We're doing even better now.
We're doing much better now than we did even the first term. And I can tell you, some of my views have changed.

Speaker 9 And

Speaker 9 we had discussions on some things. I'm not going to discuss what they were, but that

Speaker 9 I feel very confident that he can do a very good job.

Speaker 9 I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually.

Speaker 9 And some very liberal people who won't surprise him because they already like him.

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Speaker 7 Trump is then asked this question about Zelensky, where Donald Trump gives a horrific response about his views on Ukraine and that Zelensky is going to need to to take the deal here. Play this clip.

Speaker 8 I wanted to ask you also about this Ukraine plan. President Zelensky said today that his country would risk either giving up to partner or giving up its dignity.

Speaker 8 There's been criticism that this deal you mean he doesn't like it?

Speaker 8 It's unclear. He was sort of tenuous.

Speaker 9 He'll have to like it. And if he doesn't like it, then they should just keep fighting, I guess.

Speaker 8 The suggestion that he made, though, was that if he doesn't accept it, that the U.S. would pull back its support for Ukraine.

Speaker 9 Well, Well, at some point he's going to have to accept something. He hasn't accepted.
You remember right in the Oval Office not so long ago,

Speaker 9 I said, you don't have the cards.

Speaker 9 Don't forget, I inherited this war. I would have never, this war never would have happened.
I inherited this war. And I thought he should have made a deal

Speaker 9 a year ago, two years ago. The ultimate deal would have been if it never started.
That would have been the good deal.

Speaker 9 That could have been done too if you had the right president, but you didn't have the right president.

Speaker 7 Trump was then asked about the report about the Coast Guard making swastikas no longer hate symbols. Let's play it.

Speaker 8 I was wondering if you could clear up some confusion around a Washington Post report.

Speaker 8 There was this explosive report that the Coast Guard is no longer going to characterize swastikas and muses as hate symbols. DHS called that a lie and fake news.

Speaker 9 Can you clear up that? I don't know anything about it. When was this written?

Speaker 8 I think yesterday.

Speaker 9 Well, look, the Coast Guard's an incredible group of people. I know them very well.
We just ordered a lot of new Coast Guard cutters. Beautiful, the most magnificent ship.

Speaker 9 They look like yachts with lots of guns on them.

Speaker 9 So I don't know. I haven't seen any report like that.
But certainly we want them to remain a great force, and they are.

Speaker 7 And then Mamdani was asked about the Middle East. Here, play the clip.

Speaker 9 And you did the peace in all the nine months. Yes, Aram Du Worth.
I would like to ask Mr. Mamdani, you've accused the U.S.

Speaker 9 government of committing genocide in Gaza while President Trump was working on

Speaker 9 Why why that?

Speaker 10 I I've spoken about the Israeli government committing genocide and I've spoken about our government funding it.

Speaker 10 And I shared with the President in our meeting about the concern that many New Yorkers have of wanting their tax dollars to go towards the benefit of New Yorkers and their ability to afford basic dignity.

Speaker 10 And what we see right now is we're in the ninth consecutive year of more than 100,000 school children being homeless in our city.

Speaker 10 And there's a desperate need not only for the following of human rights, but also the following through on the promises we've made to New Yorkers.

Speaker 10 And I appreciated the meeting we had and the work that we can do.

Speaker 9 Do you agree that President Trump did do a peace and worked hard to make the peace because he worked hard to do the peace in the Middle East and everywhere?

Speaker 9 Do you agree with that?

Speaker 10 I appreciate all efforts towards peace.

Speaker 10 And I shared with President Trump that when I spoke to Trump voters on Hillside Avenue, including one of whom was a pharmacist that spoke about how President Trump's father actually went to that pharmacy not too far from Jamaica States, that people were tired of seeing our tax dollars fund endless wars.

Speaker 10 And I also believe that we have to follow through on the international human rights and I know that still today those are being violated and that continues to be work that has to be done no matter where we're speaking of then Donald Trump said that he would be comfortable living in New York City with Mom Dani play the clip

Speaker 9 okay how about you you thank you go ahead

Speaker 9 you're a billionaire you've got a different address nowadays than you used to like you used to call New York City home Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Mom Daniel administration?

Speaker 9 Yeah, I would. I really would.
Especially after the meeting. Absolutely.
What makes you comfortable?

Speaker 9 We agree on a lot more than I would have thought.

Speaker 9 I think he's, I want him to do a great job and we'll help him do a great job.

Speaker 9 You know, he may have different views, but in many ways, you know, we were discussing when Bernie Sanders was out of the race, I picked up a lot of his votes, and people had no idea because he was strong on not getting ripped off in trade and lots of the things that I've practiced and been very successful on,

Speaker 9 tariffs, a lot of things. Bernie Sanders and I agreed on much more than people thought.
And when he was

Speaker 9 put out of the race, I think quite unfairly, if you want to know the truth,

Speaker 9 many of the Bernie Sanders voters voted for me.

Speaker 9 And I felt very comfortable, frankly, in seeing that and saying that. And, you know, it just turned out to be

Speaker 9 a statistical truth. But

Speaker 9 no, I feel very comfortable.

Speaker 9 I would feel very, very comfortable being in New York, and I think much more so after the meeting. Yes, please.

Speaker 7 You can see all of the young interns and young workers at the White House were thrilled to see Mamdani and I think Donald Trump probably saw that.

Speaker 7 Huge crowds of some of the young workers right there out there who were at the White House and who were there here play this clip.

Speaker 12 Any minute now, it was supposed to be at three o'clock and we are right there.

Speaker 12 You see the huge group that is gathered on the White House complex, everybody waiting for the arrival of New York City's Democratic Socialist mayor-elect, Zoron Momdani. We're going to...

Speaker 7 As Jake Sherman, who covers Congress, writes, Trump showering praise on Mom Dani in the White House may throw House Republicans for a loop.

Speaker 7 The House GOP signaled their entire 2026 campaign is to tie Democrats to Mom Dani, and Donald Trump's out there saying that he loves Mom Dani. He loves Mom Dani right now.

Speaker 7 And remember what Donald Trump, though, just said a few weeks ago when he was on Fox? He said, I'm going to call them my little communists. Play this clip.
Mr.

Speaker 13 President, see these buildings? A lot of them in New York City you built. I do.
That's called capitalism, not socialism. We have Mom Donnie, who is ahead of the polls here.
What's your reaction?

Speaker 9 It's amazing. It's up by 20.
I call him my little communist. He's my little communist mayor.

Speaker 7 Or remember when Donald Trump said that

Speaker 7 he better be very careful what he says to me, Zoron? Mom Donnie's better be very careful here. Play this clip.

Speaker 14 Well, I was hitting him a little hard too, in all fairness. I was, you know, hard to be totally friendly toward the opponent.

Speaker 14 You know, his opponent wasn't, he had some interesting opponents, but he ran a good race.

Speaker 14 I don't know exactly what he means by turn the volume up, because turn the volume up, he has to be careful when he says that to me.

Speaker 14 But nobody really was able, I said, what does that mean, turn the volume up? Does that mean let's go at it? Yeah. I don't think so.

Speaker 14 I mean, he was very nice in calling, as you know, and we're going to have a meeting. I guess we meet at three o'clock today.
And I think it's going to be quite civil. We'll find out.

Speaker 9 You'll be the first first to know or remember here when donald trump falsely suggested that momdani is in the country illegally do you remember that uh we're going to be watching that very carefully and a lot of people are saying uh he's here illegally he's you know we're going to look at everything but and ideally uh he's going to turn out to be much less than a communist but right now he's a communist that's not a socialist You know, I've always said, we will not have socialism in this country.

Speaker 9 And the speeches, I said, well, what? They skipped socialism. And you get a lot of them like that.
And you see AOC, she's out there with her, you know, bad IQ.

Speaker 7 Well, here's what he's saying today, that he wants to see no crime at all. He goes, I believe Zoran's going to stop crime in New York.
Play this clip.

Speaker 9 Well, I think if we didn't get along, whether it's cut off or just make it a little bit difficult or not give as much, we want to see, I use the term, we don't want good money going after bad.

Speaker 9 We just,

Speaker 9 we don't want that to happen. I don't think that's going to happen.
I did say that, you know, subject to

Speaker 9 what policies are being said. We had a meeting today that actually surprised me.
He wants to see no crime. He wants to see housing being built.
He wants to see rents coming down.

Speaker 9 All things that I agree with. Now, we may disagree how we get there.
The rent coming down, I think

Speaker 9 one of the things I really gleaned very...

Speaker 9 very much today. He'd like to see him come down, ideally, by building a lot of additional housing.
That's the ultimate way. He agrees with that, and so do I.

Speaker 9 But if I read the newspapers and the stories,

Speaker 9 I don't hear that. But I heard him say it today, and I think that's a very positive step.
No, I don't expect... I expect...

Speaker 7 And Trump said, I believe he said things that are very interesting. Here, play this clip.

Speaker 9 We discuss crime more than ICE per se. We discuss crime, and he doesn't want to see crime, and I don't want to see crime.
And I have very little doubt that we're not going to get along on that issue.

Speaker 9 He wants to... And he said some things that were very interesting, very interesting as to housing construction.
And he wants to see houses go up.

Speaker 9 He wants to see a lot of houses created, a lot of apartments built, etc. And, you know,

Speaker 9 we actually,

Speaker 9 people would be shocked, but I want to see the same thing.

Speaker 7 Wow, wow, wow. Could you believe your eyes that that's what was taking place in the Oval Office? Donald Trump bending the knee to Zoron Mom Don.

Speaker 7 We'll keep you posted every step of the way here on the Midas Touch network. And thanks so much for watching.

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