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Trump: Mamdani ‘came out of nowhere’ with an amazing NYC campaign

Trump added that Mamdani’s victory was “a great tribute” and “an amazing thing that he did,” even gesturing toward Mamdani’s campaign manager with a grin.

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President Donald Trump on Nov. 21 showered unexpected praise on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, calling his political rise “amazing” and describing how the once-obscure candidate climbed rapidly from the bottom of the polls to win a primary “nobody expected him to win.”

Trump, who only weeks earlier had labelled Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a dangerous radical, publicly celebrated Mamdani’s political ascent on Friday, calling his campaign one of the most remarkable in recent city history.

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